Jim Slusher
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Slusher: Making a direct connection with would-be local leadersJan 05, 2017 12:00 am - With their impact on your property taxes and leadership in your community, local elections can be the most direct opportunity for you to shape your schools and your qual...
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Slusher: Flint, water quality and the duty to identify danger before it becomes a crisisDec 08, 2016 12:00 am - We don't mean for you to be alarmed by the results of our reporting on the safety of our water in the suburbs. But it seems pretty clear you ought to be concerned. Whene...
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Slusher: Every day brings some news to soften the hardest heartNov 24, 2016 12:00 am - It does seem, doesn't it?, that until some period of calamity, we humans are disinclined to step back and recall that, as poet Max Ehrmann famously declared, "with all i...
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Mainstream, if you must, but proudNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - I think I'm a member of the Mainstream Media. At least red-faced people keep pointing their fingers in my face and telling me that I am. And I think I'm supposed to feel...
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Slusher: Why, even in era of negativity, kids can have reason to be hopefulOct 27, 2016 1:00 am - If you were to ask some of the suburbs' most politically engaged young people to describe the state of Illinois in a single word, what do you suppose it would be? I atte...
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Slusher: New columnist comes full circle to hometown newspaperOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - The Daily Herald employs some of the finest journalists and writers in the country. Sometimes, they go on to bigger things - not just at the Tribune or Sun-Times down th...
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Your chance to take part in the endorsement discussionOct 03, 2016 1:00 am - No presidential election in my memory has produced the intensity of interest in newspaper endorsements as the campaign between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hilla...
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Your chance to take part in the endorsement discussionOct 03, 2016 1:00 am - No presidential election in my memory has produced the intensity of interest in newspaper endorsements as the campaign between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hilla...
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Slusher: Wide world of campaign coverage under waySep 29, 2016 1:00 am - All the talk this week — and last for that matter — has been on Monday's presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but it's not just the season of hi...
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Slusher: It bears repeating: Beware the pollsSep 07, 2016 11:00 pm - Some random thoughts, briefly stated: • I read a poll yesterday showing Donald Trump holds a slight lead over Hillary Clinton. Over the weekend, I read one saying Clinto...