Volume 23: 1918, An Alternative History“It has been a close run thing – the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life,” – Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington.
Volume 20: SecessionI am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds o
Volume 17: Campaign FinanceWe can tell an entire history of the United States, parallel to the one you learned in high school, looking only at how money affects politi
Volume 15: GerrymanderingPolitics is a game of power, those who have it and those who want it. But we can hope that this power is used, at least occasionally, to ful
D-Day + 73 yearsWaking up this morning, June 6th, something made myself ask the question: how many are still alive who landed in Normandy on D-Day?...
Volume 14: Game Theory and the Nuclear AgeThis Volume will prominently feature death, destruction, fallout, nuclear winters and the end of the human race.
Two Alabama GovernorsSiegelman spent more than five years in prison before being released on probation in February 2017.
Volume 11: Congress: The World's Most Dysfunctional FamilyWhen your approval ratings have been hovering between 10 and 20 percent for nearly a decade, you might want to change things up a bit.
Can the Federal Government Make You Buy Broccoli?So in our pieces on the Affordable Care Act, I've mercifully avoided discussing the various court cases on the topic. But I was thinking...