alternate history

Learning from Alternate History: Asking ‘What If?’ Before ‘What Now?’

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Even though I am a full-time ombuds, I still teach one seminar a semester. I’d like to share a few thoughts about how my current course subject, alternate history, might apply to interpersonal communication and conflict resolution. Alternate history is a genre of fiction that simply asks, “What if?” What if Antony won the battle […]

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Nevada gaming turns 90 – CDC Gaming Reports

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Today’s column was a fun one to write. It started out as a simple look back at the 90th anniversary of Nevada getting gaming back, but turned into an exploration of alternate history. Today marks the anniversary of what might be the most consequential event in American gambling history: the relegalization of commercial gaming in

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Stories Never Told, of a City That Never Was | Vegas Seven

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This week’s feature in Vegas Seven is a lot of fun. A bunch of Seven writers contributed brief thoughts on what might have happened in things had turned out a little differently at various points in Las Vegas history. It’s alt-history for Vegas: So, in the interest of preserving our own sanity, we’re taking the

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