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Col. Robert McCormick, editor and publisher of the baiduhai, in an undated photo.

How Col. McCormick set the stage for the Pentagon Papers court victory

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

If you’ve seen “The Post,” you know the crucial moment: A Washington Post reporter stands up and shushes her newsroom colleagues. She’s getting word of the 1971 Supreme Court ruling...

President Donald Trump attends an event to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12, 2018.

Perhaps historians have the advantage in evaluating Trump’s mental health

May 23, 2019 at 4:04 a.m.

I lack the authority to pronounce grandiosity a mental disorder, but I do know it can be dangerous — especially to the subjects of a ruler who exempts himself from...

This one-day admission ticket to the World's Columbian Exposition cost 50 cents.

Long before parking lot talk, the Midway Plaisance was all about fun

May 31, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Former President Barack Obama’s proposed parking garage wouldn’t have been the first oddball structure built on Chicago’s Midway Plaisance. Before encountering withering criticism, the Obama Foundation envisioned visitors to the...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Martin Nesbitt, left, chairman of the Obama Foundation, announce on May 12, 2015, that Chicago will be the home of Obama's presidential library and museum.

Please, Mr. Obama, skip the test kitchen, make it a museum

May 23, 2019 at 4:04 a.m.

Though it’s been decades since I left the ivory tower, I’ve yet to overcome the professorial impulse to hand out reading assignments. So here’s one for Barack Obama: “Before answering...

When the dancing never stopped

May 31, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Of the 126 couples that stepped onto the dance floor at Chicago’s White City amusement park on Aug, 30, 1930, nine were still out there 145 days later. The promoter...

President Donald Trump gestures as he responds to reporters as he walks on the South Lawn upon his return to the White House in Washington on Dec. 21, 2017.

As a fan of big government, I fear Trump disappointing his base

May 23, 2019 at 4:04 a.m.

Why should I, a proud and well-heeled liberal, have such a haunting fear that Donald Trump will disappoint his blue-collar supporters? It’s not out of some ginned-up empathy for the...

An employee serves matzo ball soup at Langer's Delicatessen in Los Angeles.

Want to feast? Identify life’s missing ingredients

May 23, 2019 at 4:04 a.m.

A mother’s announcement — “Your father is hungry!” — carries roughly the same imperative force in a Jewish family as a courtroom bailiff’s cry of “All rise!” Or at least...

A plane piloted by Joe Jacobson rounded a pylon during the American Air Races held at Chicago Municipal Airport in July 1933. Jacobson won a trophy.

How Midway Airport took off

May 31, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

On May 8, 1926, a few businessmen and politicians gathered in an open field on the Southwest Side to mark the birth of Chicago’s first airport. They heard some speeches...

A lesson in history: Why the furor behind declaring Jerusalem Israel’s capital?

August 22, 2019 at 1:55 a.m.

Some critics of President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital fear it will enrage the Muslim world. Others claim it will offend our European allies who continue to...

Mrs. Frances Whitefield, center, executive director of the Florence Crittenton Home, accepts a set of the World Book Encyclopedia from Miss Dorothy Thur, left, and Mrs. Arthur Nelson in 1964. Thur and Nelson made the gift to the home for unwed mothers.

Long before Google, there was the encyclopedia

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

In an age before Google, parents pinned hopes for their children’s future onto promises made on their doorsteps by encyclopedia salesmen. Denis Boyles, the author of a history of the...

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