Counterfactual history can be little more than trivial nonsense.
Take, for example, the Washington Post's frivolous, “let's pretend” story last week ruminating about what if Hillary Clinton had won the presidency.
But in light of the recent torrent of allegations and disclosures about sexual misconduct by prominent politicians, journalists, and actors, a what-if question about Bill Clinton's past is worth considering:
In the climate now prevailing, would he have remained president amid the disclosures that rocked his presidency in 1998 — disclosures of a clandestine sexual dalliance begun in 1995 with a 22-year-old White House intern, Monica Lewinsky?
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