What Didn’t Happen in Copenhagen Is Important

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Stories about the reasons for Chicago’s first-round elimination from host-city competition for the 2016 Olympics abound in US media.  Some pundits say it was bad blood between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the US Olympic Committee.  Others say it was an out-and-out repudiation of America.
The explanation that makes the most sense, though, is that [...]