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  1. Ruins Revisited: The Robert Taft Story
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    The cheesy yet iconic early 2000's ABC logo flashes onto the screen, followed by a "3" and the equally cheesy "Education!" subtitle, accompanied by bouncy sound effects. "Robert Taft, the 38th President of the United States" intones the narrator's voice. Images and video footage of President...

  2. Henry Wallace as Left-Wing McCarthy?

    I've seen in numerous lists/timelines/etc. in a world where the Nazis won the figure of Henry Wallace being used as a left-wing McCarthy as part of a "Brown scare" against fascists. While this is obviously a fun idea, turning the guy against the Cold War into its strongest advocate in an event...

  3. The Ruins of an American Party System, Part Three: Revolution

    Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it. Claim wealth and titles, and disaster will follow. Retire when the work is done. This is the way of heaven. - Lao-Tzu. Tao Te Ching, Chapter...

  4. Jewish Christianity

    What if Paul never converted to Christianity, and thus, there was never the dramatic break with Jewish tradition and Jewish law which occurred in early Christianity. For example, Jewish dietary laws and circumcision are retained as part of Christianity, perhaps resulting in a religion which...

  5. WI No Akhenaten

    So I was rereading NikoZnate's timeline about an Atenist Egypt, and I wondered: what happens if the opposite occurs? One possible POD could be Amenhotep III's oldest son, Thutmose, not dying and living to become king instead of his younger brother. Or, Amenhotep IV could, for whatever reason...

  6. WI the Conservative Party wins the 1929 UK Election?

    The 1929 United Kingdom General election was a close affair, with Labour winning a plurality of only 27 seats while actually losing the popular vote. A scan of the Constituency election results shows Labour beating the Conservatives by small margins (less than 2%) in fourteen seats and the...

  7. AHC/WI: Ajivika a major world religion

    In the 5th Century BCE, there was a competitor to Buddhism and Jainism: Ajivika. Founded by a man named Makkhali Gosala, followers of Ajivika adopted a fatalist, deterministic outlook disbelieving in free will. They also believed in the concept of atoms, and they were atheists. However, they...

  8. Which Democrat would have done best against Bush in 2004?

    So, I was wondering if a different Democratic nominee than John Kerry could have done better against Bush in 2004. Possibilities: John Edwards: Pros: Might do better in the South (could he swing his home state, or Virginia or Florida?). Populist campaigns. Cons: Would probably not win New...

  9. CSA Victory, Mexico Wank?

    Generally, CSA victory TLs wank the Confederacy, and frequently do so at the expense of Mexico and Cuba. So I was thinking, what if the opposite occurred? Let's say some independent Southern breakaway gains its independence successfully by the mid 1860s using a POD whenever we please. Let's...

  10. The Ruins of an American Party System, Part Two: Collision

    Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. -Galatians 6:7 Presenting the sequel to The Ruins of An American Party System, Part One: Implosion, winner of the 2015 Turtledove for Best New Early 20th Century Timeline: The Ruins of An American Party...
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  11. TLIAFD: Shuffling a Ruined Deck

    Shuffling a Ruined Deck In which I reorganize the list of US Presidents from my TL "The Ruins of An American Party System" Hey Emperor Julian, are you going to participate in the time-honored Time-Line-In-A-[Certain Period of Time] tradition to have a QA with yourself at the beginning? No. __...

  12. A Buddhist India TL from the Wikia

    So, I was browsing the Alternate History Wikia, and I found an Alternate History timeline there which interested me. It appears to be dead, and it isn't that long, but it has an interesting scenario. I don't know enough about the subject to judge exactly how plausible it is, though...

  13. The Ruins of an American Party System, Part One: Implosion

    So, this is the revised version of my timeline, The Ruins of an American Party System, with Part One being now subtitled “Implosion”. This thread is for the revisions, please DO NOT COMMENT HERE, all comments about the original timeline or about the revisions can be posted in the the original...

  14. How well would Eugene Debs have done if Roosevelt hadn't run in 1912?

    In OTL, Socialist Eugene Debs won nearly 6% of the vote in the 1912 US Presidential Election, the largest percentage ever for a Socialist candidate. His large showing is generally overshadowed by the tremendous showing of Theodore Roosevelt, whose independent "Bull Moose Progressive" campaign...

  15. AHC: President Henry Clay, 1812

    Generally, when people make threads along the lines of "What's the earliest so-and-so can be elected President?", someone will post something along the lines of "Well, they reached 35 in year 19XX, so that's the earliest possible, but realistically the earliest would probably be..." However...

  16. Earlier or Later WWII: Better or Worse?

    I am sure that there have been numerous threads related to this subject, probably more specific (such as "WI: WWII began in 1938"), but I decided to ask this here in any case. The tensions that began the Second World War did not materialize in 1939 or 1941, but a few different decisions by...

  17. AHC: LBJ Wank

    Your challenge, with a POD at any point during the life of Lyndon Baines Johnson, is to have him become president and be dramatically more successful and popular than OTL. He should be a contender for best president alongside Washington, Lincoln, and FDR among scholars, and be well known and...

  18. WI the CIA successfully assassinates Fidel Castro's beard?

    The CIA tried numerous times to assassinate Fidel Castro, but failed every time, despite exploding cigars, infected westuits, poison milkshakes, and other nefarious schemes. A couple times, however, they tried to hurt Castro's image instead. In one instance, they tried to sneak him LSD before...

  19. Help With Alternate Global Political History for My Timeline

    So, based on the advice of several people in my thread, I have decided to post here to gather ideas for my timeline, The Ruins of An American Party System ( https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=301759 ) . Basically, I do not think I have the ability or knowledge to...

  20. AHC: Whig Concept of Presidency Triumphant

    The Whig Party's chief unifying factor was opposition to the powerful presidency of Andrew Jackson, and the belief that the President should only faithfully execute the laws, and generally do what congressional leaders (such as Henry Clay) said. Now, considering that the Whigs were rather...
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