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1 week ago | 
ericzorn.substack.com | Eric Zorn
6-19-2025 (issue No. 198) This week: Last week’s winning quip News and Views— Hot takes, fully baked Land of Linkin’—Where I tell readers where to go Squaring up the news— Where Charlie Meyerson tells readers where to go A transcript of a portion of Jon Stewart’s scathing monologue Monday Google’s Veo 3 AI video generator is both impressive and ominous Quotables—A collection of compelling, sometimes appalling passages I’ve encountered lately Quips— The winning visual jokes and this week’s...
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2 weeks ago | 
ericzorn.substack.com | Eric Zorn
6-12-2025 (issue No. 197) Rally, don’t riot Last week’s winning quip Terry Moran had to go It’d be a shame if you didn’t order tickets to Trump’s birthday parade RFK Jr. also has to go Land of Linkin’—Where I tell readers where to go Squaring up the news— Where Charlie Meyerson tells readers where to go Quotables—A collection of compelling, sometimes appalling passages I’ve encountered lately Quips— The winning visual jokes and this week’s contest finalists What’s on “The Mincing Rascals”...
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2 weeks ago | 
ericzorn.substack.com | Eric Zorn
To read this issue in your browser, click on the headline above. Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. I talk with WGN-AM 720 host John Williams about what’s making news and likely to be grist for the PS mill. The WGN listen-live link is here.
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3 weeks ago | 
ericzorn.substack.com | Eric Zorn
6-5-2025 (issue No. 196)This week:A look back at the late Gary DeebLast week’s winning quipThe General Assembly’s disappointing punt on ‘right to die’ legislationNews and Views— Hot takes, fully baked, including another instance where I agree with Donald TrumpWhere is the effort to reopen the public schools Chicago closed a dozen years ago?
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1 month ago | 
ericzorn.substack.com | Eric Zorn
5-29-2025 (issue No. 195)This week:How can we miss Jussie Smollett if he won’t go away?
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1 month ago | 
ericzorn.substack.com | Eric Zorn
5-22-2025 (issue No. 194) This week: Artificial Ignorance — Here’s hoping that the embarrassing news about how the use of AI infected a Sun-Times Sunday supplement will finally wake the public to the sleazy way newspapers’ corporate owners use these supplements to rake in extra money Last week’s winning quip News and Views— Hot takes, fully baked Meet ‘The Biblioracle’ — An interview with the Tribune’s freelance book columnist Land of Linkin’—Where I tell readers where to go Squaring up the...
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1 month ago | 
ericzorn.substack.com | Eric Zorn
5-15- 2025 (issue No. 193) That’s so Brandon!— A lengthy update on the misadventures of Chicago’s maladroit mayor, this one focusing on his repeated insistence last week that popular health commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady resigned Last week’s winning quip A serious consideration of the implausible idea of the U.S. annexing Canada News and Views — Hot takes, fully baked Land of Linkin’—Where I tell readers where to go Squaring up the news — Where Charlie Meyerson tells readers where to go...
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1 month ago | 
ericzorn.substack.com | Eric Zorn
5-8-2025 (issue No. 192)This week:A programming note — The Tune of the Week is evolvingLast week’s winning quipA memorial salute to Michael Miner, including a remembrance from Mary SchmichBashing Trump— It’s necessary, but polls show not sufficient to move voters into the Democratic columnNews and Views— Hot takes, fully baked on the 2026 U.S. Senate race in Illinois, on what U.S. Rep.
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1 month ago | 
ericzorn.substack.com | Eric Zorn
To read this issue in your browser, click on the headline above. Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. I talk with WGN-AM 720 host John Williams about what’s making news and likely to be grist for the PS mill. The WGN listen-live link is here. Six children of Scott and Janet Willis of Chicago died in a fiery crash on Nov. 8, 1994 when a mudflap-taillight assembly fell off a truck and punctured the gas tank of the mini-van they were riding in on Interstate Highway 94 near Milwaukee.
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1 month ago | 
ericzorn.substack.com | Eric Zorn
5-1-2025, Rabbit rabbit (issue No. 191) This week: All about JB’s blockbuster speech in New Hampshire on Sunday Last week’s winning quip News and Views— Hot takes, fully baked That’s so Brandon!— Updates on the misadventures of Chicago’s maladroit mayor Land of Linkin’ —Where I tell readers where to go Squaring up the news— Where Charlie Meyerson tells readers where to go Mary Schmich — Quotes from a Nieman Storyboard interview with Schmich When life gives you lemmas … Nerding on wording:...
