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Neil Steinberg
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Columnist and Blogger, Every God Damn Day, Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago
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Biography
Neil Steinberg is a daily news columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he has been on staff since 1987. He has also written for Rolling Stone, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, The New York Times Sunday Magazine and many other publications. The author of seven books, his latest, "You Were Never in Chicago," is being published this fall by the University of Chicago Press.
I don’t cover Sports, Entertainment.
Content
'An enormous waste of time and resources.' Farcical Real ID regulations swamp Secretary of State's office
By Neil Steinberg Verified| Chicago Sun-Times Verified While much of the country reels from the federal government being torn apart — jobs slashed, agencies gutted, funding withdrawn — Alexi Giannoulias is facing the opposite problem: a mass of new federal requirements crushing his agency. “I haven’t been this frustrated, professionally, maybe ever,” the Illinois secretary of state said Monday.
By Neil Steinberg Verified| Chicago Sun-Times Verified Walt Whitman was a nurse in the Civil War. His brother George was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg. The poet rushed from Brooklyn to a Washington, D.C. hospital and found a “new world” of horror and hope. He wrote a very readable diary about it, “Memoranda During the War,” that includes gut-turning descriptions of piles of amputated limbs, and loving portraits of wounded soldiers. He’d give them chaws of tobacco and pocket money, write their letters home.
'An enormous waste of time and resources.' Farcical Real ID regulations swamp Secretary of State's office
By Neil Steinberg Verified| Chicago Sun-Times Verified While much of the country reels from the federal government being torn apart — jobs slashed, agencies gutted, funding withdrawn — Alexi Giannoulias is facing the opposite problem: a mass of new federal requirements crushing his agency. “I haven’t been this frustrated, professionally, maybe ever,” the Illinois secretary of state said Monday.
Company Info
Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, launched in February 1948 from the merger of the morning Chicago Sun and the evening Times. It has a rich history, tracing back to the Chicago Evening Journal, which was published from 1844 until 1929. The newspaper has changed ownership several times, with the most recent acquisition by ST Acquisition Holdings in 2017. The Chicago Sun-Times provides extensive news coverage, including local, national, and international events. Its content encompasses politics, crime, education, and community news, along with in-depth sports analysis of Chicago teams like the Cubs, White Sox, Bears, Bulls, and Blackhawks. The newspaper also features entertainment reviews, opinion pieces, and business news, catering to a diverse audience in the Chicago metropolitan area.
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Founded: 1948