Eric Zorn
@ericzorn
Editor of the Picayune Sentinel, former Chicago Tribune columnist, aspiring boulevardier, old time fiddler. Always on the lookout for funny posts.
How Telemachus could have gotten rid of the suitors more easily and other ideas in the new Quip of Week contest at the Picayune Sentinel ericzorn.substack.com/i/207224010/... Finalists include: @pixelatedboat.bsky.social @johnlyon.bsky.social @splendidhobo.bsky.social @donni.bsky.social
I was curious what was in their new platform. Here is a summary ericzorn.substack.com/i/207224010/...
Very close race between these two at the top of this week's visual jokes poll -- vote here ericzorn.substack.com/i/206918580/...
Forget the air quality! The on-air quality of my conversation on WGN-AM 720 with host John Williams at 11:33 a.m. Chicago time will be perfect, even for sensitive listeners. Listen live link: wgnradio.com/on-air/
The Tribune Editorial Board referred to Kat Abughazaleh as a bomb thrower, and its defense is that everyone knows that's just a figure of speech. I throw shade on that ericzorn.substack.com/i/206358047/...
As a parting gift, legendary podcaster Mike Pesca @milkepescs.bsky.social offers his recommendations for shows to listen to now that "The Gist" has wrapped up ericzorn.substack.com/i/206358047/...
Beat the heat and lousy air quality by staying indoors and taking the Quip of the week survey at the Picayune Sentinel ericzorn.substack.com/i/206358047/... Finalists include @kenjennings.bsky.social @damienowens.bsky.social @jakevig.bsky.social @johnlyon.bsky.social
Some remembrances of the late Tribune personal computing columnist James Coates ericzorn.substack.com/i/206358047/...
The House has voted to keep us on daylight saving time permanently. What say you? I have posted a poll. ericzorn.substack.com/i/206358047/...
If you know what’s good for you, you will tune in to my conversation on WGN-AM 720 with host John Williams at 11:33 a.m. Chicago time. Listen live link: wgnradio.com/on-air/
Not sure what's going on here, but it could be a great idea ... ericzorn.substack.com/i/204709819/...
Feast on the week’s best quips from social media ericzorn.substack.com/i/204709819/... Finalists include @wheeltod.bsky.social @johnlyon.bsky.social @splendidhobo.bsky.social @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social @jackboot.bsky.social
The Picayune Sentinel on the Air. Joan Esposito of WCPT-AM 820 and I are chatting from 3-4 p.m. Chicago time. Listen live here: heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/
For the love of all that is holy, tune in to my conversation on WGN-AM 720 with host John Williams at 11:33 a.m. Chicago time. Listen live link: wgnradio.com/on-air/
A sad farewell to "The Gist," a compelling and ambitious national daily podcast hosted for the past 12 years by Mike Pesca, a sharp thiniking national treasure ericzorn.substack.com/i/203606045/...
The social and political changes sought by the Democratic Socialists of America are threatened by the DSA's message to abolish prisons. My take: ericzorn.substack.com/i/203606045/...
Some of the jokes in the new Quip of the Week contest at the Picayune Sentinel will make you laugh. Others will make you grim-atch-ay. ericzorn.substack.com/i/203606045/... Finalists include @foghornleghorn1357.bsky.social & @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social
Readers of the Picayune Sentinel have some suggestions about how to fix baseball --- ericzorn.substack.com/i/200678261/...
My contention that police ought to do more to assist motorists who are left stranded by investigations of highway incidents was not met with universal acclaim. ericzorn.substack.com/i/200678261/...
We need to talk about the new quip of the week contest and why you haven’t voted yet. ericzorn.substack.com/i/200678261/... Finalists include @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social @jakevig.bsky.social @daddyjew@bsky.social @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social
A cornucopia (some might say a dog's breakfast) of items in today's new issue.
The latest young Democratic rock star says he has "zero interest" in running for president in 2028. Here's why I don't believe him. ericzorn.substack.com/i/200169009/...
How CBS should have handled the Scott Pelley imbroglio -- ericzorn.substack.com/i/200169009/...