Jim Slusher
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Slusher: Donald Trump, Billy Squier and thoughts on honest reportingAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - Why is President Donald Trump reminding me of an experience involving classic rocker Billy Squier, and can the connection teach us something about "fake news"? Let's see...
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Slusher: Our side of the street on eclipse coverageAug 17, 2017 1:00 am - Most newspaper reporters and editors are not scientists. This little excerpt from NASA's website on the coming solar eclipse (https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/refere...
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Slusher: Striving for clarity in a high school controversyJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - Eventually, there will be many lessons for students, parents and even society at large out of a controversy at Barrington High School involving a tweeted picture that so...
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Slusher: As times change, technology standards even more importantJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - We had a problem online with a picture of Haley Reinhart this week. I'll get to it in a moment, but first a relevant trip back to a small-town newsroom in 1978. It was a...
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The case for Civility DayJun 29, 2017 1:00 am - An email conversation last week with the inspirational Deacon Don Grossnickle, an activist for hope and peace from Arlington Heights, led me to envision an entirely new ...
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Slusher: Alexandria and the 'hope nots' of a tragic storyJun 22, 2017 1:00 am - It is a commentary on our times that the moment we hear of an outrage like the shootings in Alexandria, Virginia, last week, one of our first thoughts is, "I hope it's n...
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The confusing challenge that faces Springfield, in a word - compromiseJun 01, 2017 1:00 am - After watching the Illinois legislature these past few ... what, months? years? ... I've been thinking a lot about compromise and where it actually fits in the realm of ...
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Slusher: Get 'wonky' to help shape your quality of lifeMay 10, 2017 11:00 pm - One of the worst criticisms you can lay on a news story - or commentary, for that matter - is to call it wonky. A "wonk" is a generally pejorative term used to describe ...
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Spinner fad shows frivolity has its serious sideMay 03, 2017 11:00 pm - If Wednesday's front-page headline "The fidget spinner: Tool or toy" had a familiar ring to you, this may be why: Aug. 31, 1997: Parents left holding the leash as school...
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Slusher: Publicity, not accuracy, key to value of police sketchApr 27, 2017 1:00 am - Are we really helping police solve a crime when we publish a crude drawing of the face of a violent crime suspect as described by a distraught victim or momentary witnes...