Chicagoist: It's Like He Never Left Chicago

jg

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:12:53 -0600

Ha Ha! http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-080826mariotti-resigns,0,1339701.story

frp

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:25:13 -0600

It's worth noting that Mariotti filed the column just as he was leaving China on a jet plane and free from being detained for "re-education" by authorities. It's too bad that he filed that story after his departure because I would've loved to red about the Chinese going all "Brokedown Palace" on his arse! (ok, I know it's China and not Thailand, but, I'm just saying) Now if we can only get Mariotti to Turkey and have him write some disparaging article while IN Turkey, a la "Midnight Express". (ok, no drug smuggling is involved, but, I'm just saying)

Dude II

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:46:01 -0600

It makes one wonder why — if he insists on doing such lazy, mediocre work — Mariotti even carries a passport. So true. Other than the Great Wall column (which basically said, "wow, this is big"), he could have wrote all of those columns whilst sitting in front of the telly. Like I have been saying for the past three years. Greg Couch is the unhearalded star of the S-T, if for nothing else than exposing the Cubs resale ticket scam.