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  1. Scientific Revolution without Christianity

    The notion of a single power ruling over the universe already existed in the Pagan period, among both Stoics and Neoplatonists. The idea that the universe was governed merely by divine whim was already fading by the Hellenistic, and was quite dead during the Roman period. Moreover, there were...

  2. weirdest thing you've considered putting in a TL/are considering

    Hmmmm....... -Greater Albania -H.P. Lovecraft getting published by the Atlantic monthly during his lifetime. -Jimmy Carter as the world's bloodiest dictator, and a Communist to boot! (meant as a spoof of right-wing opinions, though I do make it plausible) -Goths (as in pale people...

  3. Most forgotten military campaigns

    My understanding is that there were some Turkish units serving with German and (mostly) Austrian forces during the period from 1916-18. There were certainly Austrian forces serving with Turkish forces, including some in the Middle East. This is not very well known. That the Ottoman armies had...

  4. Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood - a study in cultural changes

    There are any number of ways to do this. Any world in which Western culture did not exist, or was replaced by another culture with different values would do it by definition. Likewise, a world dominated by, say, an industrialized China would likely never have seen these values. However, I...

  5. ATL with Fragmented North America

    Very interesting, and plausible. Looking at the 2003 map, it looks like this world avoided any World Wars. Am I right in this assumption? Also, it would really be kewl to see what the societies and governments of the USA, ISA, FSA, Canada, Missouri, Columbia, Louisiana, and California looked...

  6. American Dynasties-Real and Imagined

    Hmmm, not sure you can say all or even most presidential dynasties were Republican. The Kennedys certainly aren't, nor were the Adamses, and both the Roosevelts and Harrisons had more than one party. I suspect that the Clintons are tending that way, and they are anything but Republicans. The...

  7. WI Roe v. Wade went in other direction?

    Definite agreement, here. I'm thinking there would be fairly significant knock-off effects, as well. The efforts to reform state abortion laws would remain active for much longer than in OTL, winning some and losing some. The equivalent of the Religious Right in this TL, which got its start...

  8. Great man (or perhaps woman) survives

    Damn, I'll have to get me one of them. Looks like an interesting magazine, indeed.

  9. Great man (or perhaps woman) survives

    Let's try this Gerald Sumner, OTL 1900-1918, ATL 1900-1974 A major voice in American science fiction and horror, Gerald Sumner was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1900. His childhood and upbringing were fairly normal for the middle classes of the time. In 1917, he graduated from high...

  10. Guantanamo War 1977

    Well, if you were there, you would know. In that case, the 82nd may be able to relieve the garrison. In that case, Castro prolly cuts his losses, and it all ends right there. Any way you slice it, though, Castro ends up with a black eye, and Carter gets a boost. Especially because Brezhnev...

  11. Guantanamo War 1977

    Hmmm, a scenario Ok, let's play this out. May 13, 1977, 1300 hrs EDT: The Cuban military begins to mass 25,000 troops to take Gitmo. Their poor organization and training, although far ahead of many other Third World militaries, still means it will take at least two days for them to get...

  12. WI no Potato Famine?

    This would have profound effects, not only on Irish history, but also on that of Europe generally. The potato blight of the 1840s were one of the major causes of the unrest that eventually erupted into the Revolutions of 1848. Remove the blight, and all of European history is profoundly...

  13. AH Challenge: Weird WWII

    Well, let's see, the results may be disappointing....... In 1943, the estrogen plan is approved. It is decided to use a tranc gun, and, because the plan is so unlikely to work, to use the most expendible of agents. In consequence, a refugee of no great skill is parachuted into the area...

  14. Weird AH laws

    Well, in my TL called Bitus, which I'm still working on, albeit at a glacial pace, there are very strict laws against various kinds of trespass on sacred land. Moderate-sized areas are simply left to lie fallow, and only the Gods are permitted to go in, except maybe a druid or two, once or...

  15. A US President kills himself

    What can I say? I work for a livin'. I only post when I'm on hold on the phone or something like that...........

  16. A president dies mysteriously

    That's harder than it sounds. We need a cause of death that is able to be undetermined. Most poisons are pretty detectable. The ones that aren't, like digitalis, tend to mimic heart failure. Likewise, accidents and weapons generally do rather severe damage to the deceased. Still, it...

  17. A US President kills himself

    Thanks for the compliment. Yeah, everybody pretty much ignored Grenada to death. The Marxist regime held power for a number of years, and then, as aid from the Soviets dried up, also dried up, and blew away. A more moderate government took power, and began to mend Grenada's relations with its...

  18. A US President kills himself

    You may be right about the Russians. It could get uglier. Or, maybe, Gorby actually will do better, given that the apparatchniks have been near-totally discredited. There will not, frex, be anything much like OTL's coup attempt. Anyone likely to try has been given strict orders to retire by...

  19. A US President kills himself

    My God, what a fascinating question! I'd have to say that Nixon is our most likely candidate, though I'm not sure suicide was in his nature. So, say he shoots himself. The first problems are that a whole lot of people will hear the shot, and that it will be clear to any emergency personnel...

  20. Aleister Crowley not the Great Beast ?

    Yabut, like I said, Paganism being as hopelessly disorganized as it is, and with so many Pagans in the closet due to real (often) or irrational (more often) fears of persecution, we probably wouldn't notice. All we would be aware of is that there sure seem to be lots of Pagans around, and they...
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