More on Bob Greene at Chicago Magazine. I think he covers the issues very well and much better than the weird posts by Kaus.
Additionally, in the move on category he offers up Steve Johnson as a potential candidate. I like the idea and Johnson did some great work on TV and Media. Zorn would be okay, but frankly his best columns are when he does hard news. He does it to seldom, but when he does he adds an interesting perspective.
Another option, now that Chicago Magazine is a part of the Tribune family—Steve Rhodes.
At the end, Rhodes mentions Neil Steinberg of the Sun Times. The quote is quite funny:
“?I hope that Smarmy Nostalgist isn?t an actual job slot at the Tribune that they have to fill,? he said.”
He adds to that at Salon
His descriptions of Greene’s extracuriculars makes it clear why him and Michael Jordan got along so well.