Neil Steinberg

Neil Steinberg is a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. A column by Steinberg also appears every Sunday in the New York Daily News.

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Columnist - Chicago Sun-Times - New York Daily News

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Steinberg has written for a wide variety of publications, including Sports Illustrated, Granta, Rolling Stone, Details, Men's Journal and Spy.

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Sports Illustrated - Granta - Rolling Stone - Details - Men's Journal - Spy

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His books include 'Complete and Utter Failure: A Celebration of Also-rans, Runners-Up, Never-Weres and Total Flops', 'The Alphabet of Modern Annoyances', 'If at All Possible, Involve a Cow' and 'Don't Give Up the Ship: Finding my Father While Lost at Sea.' His latest book is 'Hatless Jack' is an examination of why hats went out of style and what we all lost when they did.

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In his writings, Steinberg adopts an acerbic and contrarian persona. He ultivates his persona by replying to all negative e-mail with a form e-mail response.

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In the mid-1990s The Chicago Reader ran a popular column, written by Steinberg under the pseudonym "Ed Gold", called "BobWatch: We read Bob Greene so you don't have to." The column highlighted Greene's cliches and flaws.

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The Chicago Reader - Pseudonym

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Steinberg is married, has two sons, and lives in Northbrook, Illinois.

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On September 30, 2005, Steinberg was arrested for domestic battery. http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-arrest01.html

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September 30 - 2005

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