Chicago Grows Up a Little - But Not Enough (Greg Hinz, Crains)

"The real long-term benefit from hosting the summit may not be to Chicago's image overseas but Chicago's image of itself (...) If the summit revealed anything, it's that Chicago in some ways remains a stunningly parochial town. Darned near everyone who counted — and I most definitely include the media and security folks — went into full Chicken Little mode about how the NATO sky was falling in."