Neil Steinberg was born on June 10,1960 and is an American news columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and an author.
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18 Facts About Neil Steinberg
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Neil Steinberg moved to Chicago to attend Northwestern University from where he graduated in 1982 with a journalism degree.
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Neil Steinberg began his career working in Los Angeles in public relations.
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Neil Steinberg returned to the Chicago area, where he freelanced and began his journalism career in Chicago's suburbs, working for the Barrington Courier-Review.
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Neil Steinberg later wrote for the now-defunct Wheaton Daily Journal newspaper, but was fired after writing a column that made fun of the paper's publisher.
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Two years starting in 1995, Neil Steinberg wrote the "Bobwatch" column in the Chicago Reader alternative weekly newspaper, skewering the columns written by the Chicago Tribunes Bob Greene.
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Neil Steinberg authored the column using the nom de plume Ed Gold, a name he used for the Reader's True Books column.
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In 2005, Neil Steinberg began writing columns on the side for the New York Daily News.
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In 2013 Neil Steinberg was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame as a Friend of the Community.
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On June 7,2022, Neil Steinberg wrote a piece advocating for gun restrictions that went viral.
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Neil Steinberg's reasoning was that the amendments of the Bill of Rights are not absolute, pointing to the ban on child pornography.
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Neil Steinberg argued that interpretation of the other rights as absolute would harm children.
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At the Sun-Times, Neil Steinberg has specialized in writing obituaries of important figures.
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Neil Steinberg is a member of the Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
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In July 2013, Neil Steinberg created his own blog to highlight his writing apart from the Sun-Times, called everygoddamnday.
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Neil Steinberg is married to Edie Neil Steinberg, has two sons and lives in Northbrook, Illinois.
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