Jim Slusher
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Slusher: Candy, meat and the art of making newsMay 26, 2016 1:00 am - There is making the news and then there is making the news. The two aren't always the same. Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor made news last week when he withdrew ...
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Slusher: Awards or no awards, our goal is making life a little betterMay 12, 2016 1:00 am - Today, some random thoughts journalistic: • The Daily Herald works hard to help better the suburbs and the communities we serve. Projects big and small with that purpose...
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The gift of an Opinion page without You Know WhoMay 05, 2016 1:00 am - Today's Opinion Page is a gift of sorts. Consider it a little cleansing breath before the halitosis that now appears certain to come this summer. With the fallout from T...
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A word to letter writers, keep off the AstroTurfApr 28, 2016 1:00 am - For many people, the term "AstroTurf" brings to mind images of professional football players, autumn afternoons and damaged knees. For those of us who deal with letters ...
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Slusher: Simple mantra of news judgment worth repeating in complicated timesApr 20, 2016 11:00 pm - Useful. Different. Relevant. Time was, those were the three most important words in the Daily Herald newsroom, as close to a collective mantra as a body of committed ske...
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Slusher: From Brussels terrorism, the too-frequent deliberations on an iconic image of tragedyMar 31, 2016 1:00 am - Nearly every afternoon's meeting of news editors concludes with a review of options for the next-day print edition's most prominent Page 1 picture. On Tuesday, March 22,...
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Slusher: Liberal? Conservative? We let you label columnists' perspectivesMar 24, 2016 1:00 am - If you didn't know better, you would have thought George F. Will was a run-of-the-mill liberal when he scolded Senate Republicans this week for their refusal to consider...
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Slusher: Cheeky or not, a word of thanks never hurt anyoneMar 17, 2016 1:00 am - Should you thank the person who handed you your pre-commute latte this morning for getting up early on your behalf? Should we thank the mechanic we paid to change the oi...
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Slusher: Keeping it civil, honest in the final days of a campaignMar 09, 2016 10:00 pm - First, if you've been thinking about writing a letter to the editor in praise of your favorite candidate in next Tuesday's primary, save yourself some time. We stop publ...
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Slusher: 'Near-mythical' rumors about Trump violate a 'sacred trust'Mar 03, 2016 12:00 am - It's not often one would expect to see the phrases "Donald Trump" and "sacred" in close proximity with each other without an "is nothing" in there somewhere, but as the ...