FWIW, this is a Chicago Sun Times opinion piece written today by local financial columnist Terry Savage. 'Having read her columns for years, I would not characterize her as a "gold bug" in the traditional sense, she is much more a main stream financial columnist & she is well respected at least locally:
http://www.suntimes.com/business/savage/2280986,CST-NWS-savage17.savagearticle