Neil Steinberg
@neilsteinberg
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.
I'm supposed to go on WGN-AM720 with my friend John Williams in a few minutes and talk about Sophie Cunningham.
My column on page two of the Sun-Times today: Sophie Cunningham finger paints a vivid picture of MAGA mindset www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/07/soph...
Why is this not comforting? What you get if you try to log into Empower this morning.
“Who ever said hope is easy?” Valerie Jarrett said. “Hope is hard.”
Obama Museum a strong invitation to not let our nation go over the cliff.
I did a puzzle this morning before touching social media. Not a bad idea, if I say so myself.
Today is Shavuot, the Jewish festival celebrating receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai with "days of unity and peace." We need to work on that one. Not many duties other than to eat cheesecake. Many theories as to why. Honestly? I don't care. I've got Eli's in my freezer — I don't need another reason.
My column in the Sun-Times today: www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/05/i-st...
Among the many reasons I'm proud to be in the union is they tend to have good graphics. Today, on the newspaper's Slack channel, we're replacing our photos with this way-cool logo to remind our masters that people make the Sun-Times, not AI slop.