Richard C. Longworth: Donald Trump wants a resurgence in European nationalism
Twice in the 20th century, European nationalism was the force behind the two world wars. Now Donald Trump wants it to return.
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Richard C. Longworth: Donald Trump will be remembered as a great leader — but not a good one
Donald Trump is making history by the day, and we need to understand where he fits in this history.
Richard C. Longworth: Is America still the indispensable nation?
The era of Pax Americana is ending. It is ending not because any rival nation can or will replace us, but because we are abdicating.
Commentary: Will Chicago bounce back?
While Chicagoans have been working from home or not working at all, the economy that fuels their city has changed, perhaps permanently. This is more than the predictions that many...
Commentary: For the Iran war hawks: 11 lessons from Vietnam
A quarter century ago, an anguished Robert McNamara, who helped lead America into the immense tragedy of Vietnam, made a mea culpa tour to say what had gone wrong. Today,...
Commentary: Remember the Iron Curtain? 30 years later, Central Europe is still adjusting
If there is bliss in this cynical world, it lived in that revolutionary autumn of 1989 when, one after another, the countries of Eastern Europe threw off Soviet rule and...
Yes, Chicago should keep trying to woo Amazon
Suddenly, Chicago may be back in the running as the site for one of Amazon’s two new headquarters. The questions now are, do we want it, and how much? Do...
Chicago has the best weather for Amazon’s HQ2. Why? No destructive hurricanes.
Has Chicago's notorious weather suddenly become its biggest asset? Does the city of wind chill and blizzards actually have the climate that somebody would pay $5 billion for? The somebody...
The decades-long smoldering of England’s Muslims
The alienation that lacerated London Bridge Saturday night has been a long time festering, at least a quarter-century, when I first became aware of it. In 1989, book-burnings in Britain...
How cuts to the State Department weaken America
In a global era dominated by soft power, Donald Trump is declaring unilateral disarmament. The United States needs two arms abroad — a strong military, to fight wars, and an...