Alternate Presidents is a collection of 28 short stories edited by Mike Resnick, speculating on what history might have been like if the outcome of 28 presidential elections would have been different. This anthology was released on February 15, 1992. This book is a delight to read. Resnick, a Hugo Award winning science fiction writer, also ( Read more... )

[Originally Posted August 31, 2015]

Alternate Presidents is a collection of 28 short stories edited by Mike Resnick, speculating on what history might have been like if the outcome of 28 presidential elections would have been different. This anthology was released on February 15, 1992. I don't know why I waited so long to read it. I am 300 pages ( Read more... )

Alternate Presidents is a collection of 28 short stories edited by Mike Resnick, speculating on what history might have been like if the outcome of 28 presidential elections would have been different. This anthology was released on February 15, 1992. I don't know why I waited so long to read it. I am 300 pages in on this 465 page book and it is a ( Read more... )

It was on February 15, 1933 (79 years ago today) that Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami. (He missed FDR, but killed Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak). I journalled about that in more detail lasy year on this date, and that entry can be found here for anyone interested in detail on that event.


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Yesterday was the birthday of Belva Ann Lockwood, who was born on October 24, 1830 (181 years ago yesterday). Who was Belva Ann Lockwood you ask? Well there is a debate as to whether she or Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for President. I think it was probably Woodhull, who tried to run in 1876 against Ulysses Grant, but whoever was ( Read more... )