Jim Slusher
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The whooshing sound and a story that is no moreApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - Time was, and not that long ago, when today's front page would have been graced, if not dominated, by a picture of long lines of headlights streaming into the late-night...
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Slusher: The formula for sports coverage is full of variablesApr 09, 2015 1:00 am - The vagaries of news judgment prompt debate in every section of the newspaper, but perhaps nowhere do they stir indignant passions as in Sports. Sox fans accuse us of ti...
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Slusher: Even 'wrong' reviews have an important job to doMar 26, 2015 1:00 am - I should have known from the pretentiously enigmatic title: "Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Innocence." I hated that movie. There, I've said it. I've surrendered m...
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Slusher: A suspicious envelope in a nervous ageMar 19, 2015 1:00 am - We were briefly the subject of the news Thursday, rather than merely reporters of it. The event disrupted our day. It scared some of us, angered others. But it had broad...
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Slusher: Distinguishing between speculation and analysisMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - The oral arguments before the Illinois Supreme Court Wednesday open the door to a common, if not a favorite, journalistic pastime: lively speculation disguised as pointe...
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Slusher: The necessarily relentless drive for better thingsFeb 26, 2015 12:00 am - Change is frustratingly slow. Emphasis sometimes on frustratingly. I'm thinking now of two particular scourges that for years have been causes célèbre for the Daily Hera...
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Slusher: When a death in the 'news family' becomes newsJan 22, 2015 12:01 am - A newspaper is a peculiar sort of family. Reporters, photographers, editors, clerks, advertising sales people, artists all forge relationships under stressful and unpred...
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Slusher: Will Sanguinetti really talk to media 'very soon'?Jan 15, 2015 4:01 am - There was something in the last line of Erin Hegarty's Daily Herald story Tuesday on the swearing-in of Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti that perhaps would furrow the brow on...
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Join the suburban conversation on our editorial pageJan 01, 2015 6:01 am - The key to assuring freedom, fairness and a high quality of life in the suburbs is participation, and one important way to participate is to share your thoughts and idea...
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Slusher: Sound, fury and two words that signify everythingDec 25, 2014 12:01 am - The Daily Herald publishes millions of words every year. On the Opinion page alone, we print hundreds of thousands, all intended in some way to engage your heart or mind...