Jim Slusher
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Slusher: Our quest in the Chicago Blackhawks quest for the NHL Stanley CupJun 04, 2015 1:00 am - We started Wednesday evening with about the best circumstance we can hope for regarding a major playoff event. The puck was set to drop shortly after 7 p.m. in Game 1 of...
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Slusher: Now is the time to follow politics from suburban perspectiveMay 28, 2015 1:00 am - You may not generally care for the dry tedium of politics, but if you care about the economy of Illinois, the quality of life the suburbs or perhaps even the size of you...
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Slusher: Tweets, reality TV and confusing excitementApr 30, 2015 1:00 am - I wonder if you can guess which part of this phrase, which I noticed while reviewing Twitter one day last week, got me to click on the link that followed: "that is not h...
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Slusher: The snicker factor in news judgmentApr 23, 2015 1:00 am - "Judge not, that ye be not judged" is good biblical advice that I admit I do not take often enough. But it inevitably comes to mind whenever we have one of these celebri...
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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...