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1 week ago | 
wsj.com | Rahm Emanuel
History and economics play a role in children’s development. Family looms larger. President Obama didn’t want to go. He was returning home to Chicago in 2012 to deliver a speech at Hyde Park High School, and his schedule was already jammed. I was Chicago’s mayor at the time, and leaned into my reputation for being lousy at taking “no” for an answer.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Rahm Emanuel
Trump just handed Democrats their midterm message (washingtonpost.com) Trump just handed Democrats their midterm message By Rahm Emanuel 2025052215554700 Democrats need to have a frank conversation — with themselves. We must acknowledge where we are and appreciate what we can realistically accomplish. Yes, we should oppose the MAGA agenda at every turn.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Rahm Emanuel
A generation is slipping through our fingers. Here’s what we can do. (washingtonpost.com) A generation is slipping through our fingers. Here’s what we can do. By Rahm Emanuel 2025050510304600 After returning to the United States from three years as our ambassador in Tokyo, I was keen to speak to undergraduates at West Point and Annapolis, our two oldest military academies.
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1 month ago | 
independent.ie | Rahm Emanuel
Never before has a president so ably stolen defeat from the jaws of victory on the global stage. And trust me, there’s a lot of competition for that title. Years from now, when the public is less focused on bond yields, stock prices, dollar depreciation and tariff exemptions, historians will see this moment as the most glaring example of a president squandering America’s geostrategic advantages.
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1 month ago | 
ilfoglio.it | Rahm Emanuel
Foto di Brandon Mowinkel su Unsplash Dal Washington Post La fiducia nella Cina era crollata, il paese si stava isolando economicamente, poi è arrivato Trump con i suoi dazi ed ecco che il regime di Xi ha ribaltato il copione. E sì che pareva tutto pronto per il secondo secolo americano Mai prima d’ora sulla scena globale un presidente è riuscito a perdere tanto clamorosamente quando sembrava che non potesse che vincere.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Rahm Emanuel
Trump’s folly is piling up. And America is weaker for it. (washingtonpost.com) Trump’s folly is piling up. And America is weaker for it. By Rahm Emanuel 2025041621590000 Never before has a president so ably stolen defeat from the jaws of victory on the global stage. And trust me, there's a lot of competition for that title.
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2 months ago | 
phillytrib.com | Rahm Emanuel
Civilization, H.G. Wells once claimed, is a race between education and catastrophe. In the United States today, catastrophe has the upper hand. I remarked recently that for every student trying to figure out which pronouns might apply to them, there’s a whole class trying to figure out what pronouns actually are. That prompted some to suggest I was taking a swipe at woke culture. Well, yes and no.
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2 months ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Rahm Emanuel
While we argue about stuff that doesn’t matter, our schools are failing (washingtonpost.com) While we argue about stuff that doesn’t matter, our schools are failing By Rahm Emanuel 2025032511151400 Civilization, H.G. Wells once claimed, is a race between education and catastrophe. In the United States today, catastrophe has the upper hand.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Rahm Emanuel
3 hours agoHow AI Agents Will Revolutionize Your Day-To-Day LifeMost adults reading this will have lived through several waves of technology-driven change already during their lifetimes. The arrival of the internet, smartphones and cloud-based computing all changed our lives in significant ways. The next wave of change will be driven by AI agents—next-generation …4 hours agoSpring Break for the Teens of New York’s Elite: Sun, Fun and NetworkingThe sun glistened across the turquoise water.
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2 months ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Rahm Emanuel
For decades, Americans have cited Michigan Republican Sen. Arthur Vandenberg's 1947 admonition that, while Washington may bicker over domestic conflicts, "partisan politics stops at the water's edge." His suggestion wasn't that elected officials always saw eye-to-eye on foreign policy - some were internationalists and others isolationists. But it was a reminder that our strategy overseas was moored less in self-interest than the principles of freedom, self-determination, and national sovereignty.
