Jim Slusher
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Comparing protests is a misleading 'litmus test' for biasFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - For many people, the contrast of two Washington, D.C., demonstrations within a week of each other last month deserved intense scrutiny as a litmus test on press bias. I ...
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Objectivity, division and the challenge of trust in the mediaJan 18, 2017 10:00 pm - Our Opinion page concluded 2016 with a series of editorials focusing on what we see as the state of the free press in America today and worrisome threats it faces. Crit...
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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...