Neil Steinberg
@neilsteinberg.bsky.social
News columnist on staff at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1987, also blogging daily at everygoddamnday.com, and the author of nine books, the most recent being "Every Goddamn Day," published by the University of Chicago Press.
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Housekeeping notes
The blog of Neil Steinberg
www.everygoddamnday.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Housekeeping notes
The blog of Neil Steinberg
www.everygoddamnday.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Eric Zorn makes a valid point about ageism in the media (and thanks for the shout-out at the end. I'll let you know when I hear from the mayor's new communications director ... oh right, I can do that now: that would be "never.")
ericzorn.substack.com/p/its-harder...
ericzorn.substack.com/p/its-harder...
It’s harder and harder to get a fake burger on the go anymore
& when is appropriate for journalists to report people’s ages?
ericzorn.substack.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Eric Zorn makes a valid point about ageism in the media (and thanks for the shout-out at the end. I'll let you know when I hear from the mayor's new communications director ... oh right, I can do that now: that would be "never.")
ericzorn.substack.com/p/its-harder...
ericzorn.substack.com/p/its-harder...
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I was sad to hear of the passing of Peter Max. An artist far more popular than respected, in person he was bright and effusive, and I was glad to have spent some time with him.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2014/08/pete...
www.everygoddamnday.com/2014/08/pete...
Peter Max, or minimum?
1960s favorite Peter Max is in town, again, and I reprint a 2000 column talking to Tony Fitzpatrick and Ed Paschke about whether his stuff is really art.
www.everygoddamnday.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I was sad to hear of the passing of Peter Max. An artist far more popular than respected, in person he was bright and effusive, and I was glad to have spent some time with him.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2014/08/pete...
www.everygoddamnday.com/2014/08/pete...
I was sad to hear of the passing of Peter Max. An artist far more popular than respected, in person he was bright and effusive, and I was glad to have spent some time with him.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2014/08/pete...
www.everygoddamnday.com/2014/08/pete...
Peter Max, or minimum?
1960s favorite Peter Max is in town, again, and I reprint a 2000 column talking to Tony Fitzpatrick and Ed Paschke about whether his stuff is really art.
www.everygoddamnday.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I was sad to hear of the passing of Peter Max. An artist far more popular than respected, in person he was bright and effusive, and I was glad to have spent some time with him.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2014/08/pete...
www.everygoddamnday.com/2014/08/pete...
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Obscure plural smackdown!
Here I was so proud of using "libretti" in the lede of my blog post yesterday. Then Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social
comes right back today with "arboreta" in his first graf. I know a challenge when I see one: game on!
chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...
Here I was so proud of using "libretti" in the lede of my blog post yesterday. Then Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social
comes right back today with "arboreta" in his first graf. I know a challenge when I see one: game on!
chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...
Urbs in horto in toto? Design contest picks proposals that would significantly green up Chicago
The city would gain a network of arboreta and much leafier boulevards under the winners of World Business Chicago's Horizon Lines contest. The improvements would also help keep Chicago cooler and drye...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Obscure plural smackdown!
Here I was so proud of using "libretti" in the lede of my blog post yesterday. Then Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social
comes right back today with "arboreta" in his first graf. I know a challenge when I see one: game on!
chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...
Here I was so proud of using "libretti" in the lede of my blog post yesterday. Then Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social
comes right back today with "arboreta" in his first graf. I know a challenge when I see one: game on!
chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...
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Miss it? ELEVEN years ago on EGD:
If it seems like I sometimes neglect my thunder-against-Trump duties, remember: I've been doing this for a long time. My throat is hoarse.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/09/and-...
If it seems like I sometimes neglect my thunder-against-Trump duties, remember: I've been doing this for a long time. My throat is hoarse.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/09/and-...
And when he goes away, it'll get greater
Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" an echo of Ronald Reagan's campaign slogan.
www.everygoddamnday.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Miss it? ELEVEN years ago on EGD:
If it seems like I sometimes neglect my thunder-against-Trump duties, remember: I've been doing this for a long time. My throat is hoarse.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/09/and-...
If it seems like I sometimes neglect my thunder-against-Trump duties, remember: I've been doing this for a long time. My throat is hoarse.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/09/and-...
Obscure plural smackdown!
Here I was so proud of using "libretti" in the lede of my blog post yesterday. Then Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social
comes right back today with "arboreta" in his first graf. I know a challenge when I see one: game on!
chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...
Here I was so proud of using "libretti" in the lede of my blog post yesterday. Then Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social
comes right back today with "arboreta" in his first graf. I know a challenge when I see one: game on!
chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...
Urbs in horto in toto? Design contest picks proposals that would significantly green up Chicago
The city would gain a network of arboreta and much leafier boulevards under the winners of World Business Chicago's Horizon Lines contest. The improvements would also help keep Chicago cooler and drye...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Obscure plural smackdown!
Here I was so proud of using "libretti" in the lede of my blog post yesterday. Then Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social
comes right back today with "arboreta" in his first graf. I know a challenge when I see one: game on!
chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...
Here I was so proud of using "libretti" in the lede of my blog post yesterday. Then Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social
comes right back today with "arboreta" in his first graf. I know a challenge when I see one: game on!
chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...
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Today's architecture column. Google HQ plaza to get a Sanford Biggers sculpture to replace the Dubuffet, and the tech giant releases new renderings and details of the renovated atrium as the renovation project continues.
Google links with artist Sanford Biggers to create a major outdoor sculpture for Loop headquarters
The 30-foot tall sculpture called Vector was inspired by 19th century quilt patterns and replaces the famous, or infamous, Dubuffet piece that adorned the building's plaza when it was the James R. Tho...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Today's architecture column. Google HQ plaza to get a Sanford Biggers sculpture to replace the Dubuffet, and the tech giant releases new renderings and details of the renovated atrium as the renovation project continues.
Miss it? ELEVEN years ago on EGD:
If it seems like I sometimes neglect my thunder-against-Trump duties, remember: I've been doing this for a long time. My throat is hoarse.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/09/and-...
If it seems like I sometimes neglect my thunder-against-Trump duties, remember: I've been doing this for a long time. My throat is hoarse.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/09/and-...
And when he goes away, it'll get greater
Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" an echo of Ronald Reagan's campaign slogan.
www.everygoddamnday.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Miss it? ELEVEN years ago on EGD:
If it seems like I sometimes neglect my thunder-against-Trump duties, remember: I've been doing this for a long time. My throat is hoarse.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/09/and-...
If it seems like I sometimes neglect my thunder-against-Trump duties, remember: I've been doing this for a long time. My throat is hoarse.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/09/and-...
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Flashback 1996: Culture is lovely, but bring on the fat lady
The blog of Neil Steinberg
www.everygoddamnday.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Flashback 1996: Culture is lovely, but bring on the fat lady
The blog of Neil Steinberg
www.everygoddamnday.com
September 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Flashback 1996: Culture is lovely, but bring on the fat lady
The blog of Neil Steinberg
www.everygoddamnday.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Is truth whatever you want it to be? chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
By @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
By @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
Is truth whatever you want it to be?
In an era of continual lying, we each must figure out what is true.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Is truth whatever you want it to be? chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
September 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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In “Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History,” Benjamin Moser seeks to replace a largely comforting story about Israel with an entirely damning one, Isaac Chotiner writes. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Is Zionism’s Moral Crisis About Roads Not Taken—or Original Sin?
Where Benjamin Moser replaces one story of Jewish exceptionalism with another, Omer Bartov shows what’s lost when polemic takes the place of history.
www.newyorker.com
September 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
In “Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History,” Benjamin Moser seeks to replace a largely comforting story about Israel with an entirely damning one, Isaac Chotiner writes. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The main reason he's PROBABLY STILL alive...is that he left Chicago ...because so many others in his lane...didn't💔...✨️🎶✨️ to see this
When Chief Keef lived in my leafy suburban paradise of Northbrook, I tried to talk with him and failed. Props to Mark Braboy for delivering him wrapped in a bow in today's Sun-Times, a fair, thorough exploration of the man, who seems to have grown considerably.
chicago.suntimes.com/music/2026/0...
chicago.suntimes.com/music/2026/0...
After a decade, Chief Keef makes his Chicago return with a major tour kickoff and friendlier relationship with City Hall
The drill rapper, who left his hometown for Los Angeles, said it’s his moment to take center stage in Chicago after supporting artists like Ye. After that, he’s ready for “something new.”
chicago.suntimes.com
September 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The main reason he's PROBABLY STILL alive...is that he left Chicago ...because so many others in his lane...didn't💔...✨️🎶✨️ to see this
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