Jim Slusher
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A spirit of unity, rememberedSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - In 2001, a hashtag was, well, just a hashtag. Mostly just a visual representation of the word "number" for people who were too busy or too lazy to type "No." as the abbr...
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A tale of two sicknesses, and the making of public policyAug 12, 2021 1:00 am - Two stories recently in the news: No. 1: Rolling Stone magazine reported in May on a diatribe by guitar virtuoso Eric Clapton describing his harrowing personal experienc...
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Avoiding bias, oversimplification in reporting on masks, vaccines and other controversiesJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - At the Daily Herald, like most other conscientious news organizations, we make great efforts to report news stories, and especially news stories about controversial topi...
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Reporting on a tornado in a 24-hour news cycleJun 24, 2021 1:00 am - We're all familiar with the 24-hour cycle in which news circulates today. For complex political and social issues, that cycle gets blamed for a lot of premature, misinfo...
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The key lesson to take from Fauci's emailsJun 03, 2021 1:00 am - There is a valuable lesson in Dr. Anthony Fauci's just-released emails, and it has nothing to do with COVID-19. It involves two particular aspects of written communicati...
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In praise of journeymen and womenMay 13, 2021 1:00 am - The term journeyman has somehow acquired a pejorative tone in today's lexicon, as if it refers to a person who is somehow not accomplished enough to be distinguished. To...
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The gallantry of respectful persistenceApr 22, 2021 1:00 am - It is Earth Day 2021, and I find myself thinking of one of my favorite poetic stanzas. It's from Emily Dickinson: "To fight aloud is very brave, / But gallanter I know /...
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People who share suffering help us allApr 15, 2021 1:00 am - Sometimes, there is one especially important thing you must say to people who open up about tragedies that storm uninvited into their lives. Thank you. This is true enou...
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Random thoughts in the wake of another local electionApr 08, 2021 1:00 am - I think there may be a consistent theme here: • It's a cliché to chastise the public about low voter turnout in local elections. So, I'm not going to scold anybody, but ...
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Caring is also part of the endorsement processMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - Have you awakened in the middle of the night recently, unable to get back to sleep because you don't know which village board or school board candidate to vote for? Some...