Commentary Op-Ed by President Barack Obama: ‘Europe and America, Aligned for the Future’ by Gary Kopycinski on November 19, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2010. The op-ed below by President Barack Obama appeared this morning in the International Herald Tribune.