Neil Steinberg

Mailbag The blog of Neil Steinberg

My blog post today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/03/mail...

I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.

I always admired the economy of Randall Jarrell's "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner"

From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,

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Blood on the tracks With several deaths on Metra tracks this week ,a look at the service.

Miss it? TEN years ago on EGD:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/03/bloo...

Mailbag The blog of Neil Steinberg

My blog post today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/03/mail...

Welcome to 50, Ken; now the fun begins The Ken doll, Philip Larkin and Fifty.

Miss it? EIGHT years ago on EGD:

I was celebrating Ken before Ken was cool.

www.everygoddamnday.com/2018/03/welc...

Blood on the tracks With several deaths on Metra tracks this week ,a look at the service.

Miss it? TEN years ago on EGD:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/03/bloo...

Welcome to 50, Ken; now the fun begins The Ken doll, Philip Larkin and Fifty.

Miss it? EIGHT years ago on EGD:

I was celebrating Ken before Ken was cool.

www.everygoddamnday.com/2018/03/welc...

War is much easier to enter than to exit President Donald Trump begins a war with Iran without congressional approval, public debate or a clear path out.

My column in the Sun-Times today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/03/war-...

War is much easier to enter than to exit President Donald Trump begins a war with Iran without congressional approval, public debate or a clear path out.

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By @neilsteinberg.bsky.social

War is much easier to enter than to exit President Donald Trump begins a war with Iran without congressional approval, public debate or a clear path out.

My column in the Sun-Times today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/03/war-...

Vote early if not often On early elections, judges and William Wojcik.

Miss it? TEN years ago on EGD:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/03/vote...

Flashback 2012: Israel vs. Iran war off, for the moment, maybe The blog of Neil Steinberg

My blog post today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/03/flas...

Flashback 2012: Israel vs. Iran war off, for the moment, maybe The blog of Neil Steinberg

My blog post today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/03/flas...

Wars are entered into easily and exited hard.

"Yet who can presume to say what the War wants, so vast and aloof it is ... so absentee."
—Thomas Pynchon

Wars are entered into easily and exited hard.

Gotcha The blog of Neil Steinberg

My blog post today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/02/gotc...

Gotcha The blog of Neil Steinberg

My blog post today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/02/gotc...

The president, the lies and the cannulated cow As the nearly two-hour state of the union spewed forth, it was hard not to think of the contents of a cow's stomach

The president, the lies and the cannulated cow by @neilsteinberg.bsky.social

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Well-said!

The president, the lies and the cannulated cow As the nearly two-hour state of the union spewed forth, it was hard not to think of the contents of a cow's stomach

My column in the Sun-Times today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/02/the-...

The president, the lies and the cannulated cow As the nearly two-hour state of the union spewed forth, it was hard not to think of the contents of a cow's stomach

My column in the Sun-Times today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/02/the-...

Memento mori The loss -- maybe -- of some pictures, sucked up by iPhoto, is a reminder that we lose everything, eventually, and death awaits.

Miss it? TEN years ago on EGD:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/02/meme...

Out on the stoop The blog of Neil Steinberg

My blog post today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/02/out-...

Out on the stoop The blog of Neil Steinberg

My blog post today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/02/out-...

Too cowardly to express raw hatred for immigrants, foes slur them as criminals Jeanne Ives and the cowardice of hate.

Miss it? EIGHT years ago on EGD:

People listen to Jeanne Ives on the radio? No wonder they're messed up.

www.everygoddamnday.com/2018/02/too-...

Too cowardly to express raw hatred for immigrants, foes slur them as criminals Jeanne Ives and the cowardice of hate.

Miss it? EIGHT years ago on EGD:

People listen to Jeanne Ives on the radio? No wonder they're messed up.

www.everygoddamnday.com/2018/02/too-...

Reports of the Midwest’s demise have been exaggerated

There's a weird default where people see the bilateral symmetry, the human-like appearance, and somehow expert something different from what he always delivers. It's a humane reflex, like trying to cover a naked lunatic with a blanket.