Jim Slusher
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Ceilings, sausages and the pain of watchingMay 31, 2023 11:00 pm - Talk about sausage making. Some ongoing news stories are just miserably painful to follow. I'm not talking about those that involve death or personal hardship. Those at ...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Columnist Jim Slusher: Finding the relationship between trust, truthMay 11, 2023 1:00 am - World Press Freedom Day - its theme for 2023 "Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a driver for all other human rights" - passed last week with an ominou...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: The news and biting dogsMay 04, 2023 1:00 am - A constant challenge for Daily Herald writers and editors is the need to manage bias in news coverage. I and other editors have written often about our efforts to presen...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Pre-frenzy musings on Election NightApr 06, 2023 1:00 am - Election night for editors in a newsroom - or for the network of home offices that passes for a newsroom in 2023 - is a nerve-jarring game of Wait and Hurry Up. After mo...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Candidates who care are encouraging, commonMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - This column has been updated to correct the bill number of legislation that would require political candidates to provide an email address with their filing document...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: On the true nature of persuasionFeb 16, 2023 12:00 am - Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking with the Wheaton League of Women Voters about election issues the Daily Herald raised in a series of editorials at the end of D...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Truth, untruth, lies, belief and balanceFeb 09, 2023 12:00 am - Probably since before Charles Pinckney took five years off his actual age so he could be seen as the youngest member of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, an inclina...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Humanity, the news and creatures in crisisJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - I have a personal memory that seems relevant to a recent story in the news. I am called to my front door on a warm day in July. I look out to find four barefoot boys, ra...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Join our discussion of election issues that need more attentionDec 22, 2022 12:00 am - Reliable, accessible, well-managed elections are the foundation of any well-functioning democracy. Even discounting the convulsive impact of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and i...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Online search yields lesson on mediaDec 08, 2022 12:00 am - I have been fascinated, in a not altogether comfortable way, by the candidacy of Herschel Walker for U.S. Senate from Georgia, so when earlier this week I caught the tai...