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This doesn't make sense to me. Many times, when a civilisation solves a problem, it increases the amount of resources available to it.

The IOC places limits on the number of teams and athletes that a nation can send to each event. Yes, in team events they'd send a better top team than any one EU nation. But they would miss out on the 2nd or 3rd medals they have been getting in things like rowing and shooting. In individual...

OK, that moderates my answer a bit. Four years is enough to consolidate power in the Presidency.

If the Native Americans have cities and livestock, then they will have been exposing themselves to their own "native" diseases. The germ war will be a two-way street. While Eurasians would probably have more developed diseases and hardier immune systems, remember, the Natives don't have to win...

I've seen historical sources placing the North-South division at either 32-22 or 32-28. Although at the time that seemed fine, it would create a large number of border towns: Vicksburg, Jackson, Meridian, Montgomery, and Tuskegee are all right around that latitude.

The main effect would be that the Executive would never have more power than the Legislature, as has been the case for most of the last 50 years. If the President is only in office for one year, the military and the civil service can't count on the White House to provide stable guidance...

A couple random names: Bill Bradley was gearing up for his first Senate campaign in 1978. He and Udall, as fellow pro basketball players, were quick to get to know each other. Seems like President Udall would keep an eye on Bradley, too. The Romney and Udall families were both Mormon, and...

An aside: John McCain credits Mo Udall for helping him develop his maverick image. If Mo Udall isn't around to tutor the young Congressman, McCain could turn into just another Southwest Republican. After all, aside from his high-profile issues, McCain has one of the most conservative voting...

My favorite of the bunch. I was already boggling over the complex implications that this would have on the next 25 years of NFL games when it hit me ... this means that the Colts stay in Baltimore! Baltimore traded Elway specifically because Elway refused to sign with the Colts -- and he...

Thank you for reminding us Americans that you mean footwear when you say thongs! American thongs would definitely be against safety regs! :D

I've had a couple of friends go into the State Department, and they have great things to say about the Incans. Quite frankly, your background sounds like a perfect match. Yeah, there are some punks who think that all white people are hairy savages who'll only respond to violence. But the...

I would think the Americans would be quite happy with a scenario where France gets Quebec and the American Confederation gets the Maritimes, which would be invited to become the 14th state (until the Loyalists fled there, the Maritimes were pitifully underpopulated and wouldn't warrant multiple...

BBC is reporting that Circassia has invaded Russia, or (depending on your politics) the breakaway state of Khanty-Mansi. So much for the Olympic Truce!

Think this through with me: if men wore shorts as part of formal summer business attire, air conditioners in the USA would be set to 75F instead of 70F. (Ever notice how women often complain about how cold the office is? Studies have shown that, surprise, it's because women's business clothing...

Soccer is very popular in Europe and places that Europe controlled, but pretty absent elsewhere. Baseball became the #1 sport basically in those places where American culture could spread without European colonists stomping it out: the Caribbean (which was politically bound to Europe, but...