Jim Slusher
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Think critically, think depth when reading about pollsJan 16, 2014 2:51 pm - If it’s election season — and it is, with the March 18 primary barely more than 60 days away — it must be time for a public-opinion poll, and with it, this warning: read...
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Weather creed: Good stories and plenty of themJan 09, 2014 4:00 am - To butcher the creed of another venerable American institution, the post office, neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night — nor now, the bitterest of cold — can...
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I know it’s only words in print but I like itDec 26, 2013 9:12 am - I come today, in the midst of the holiday-dulled news cycle, simply in praise of reading. The ceaseless and almost gleeful speculations on the demise of the printed word...
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Outrageous fortune: Perchance to megadreamDec 19, 2013 4:00 am - The slogan at the checkout counter of the convenience store throbs with fat, bold type and is garnished with exclamation points. It is not to be missed. “WHEN YOU BELIEV...
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Giving world news a suburban contextDec 12, 2013 12:04 pm - Sometimes world news is just world news. That’s not an easy thing to acknowledge for a local newspaper doing battle every day with two of the biggest metros in the count...
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Photo ethics now more important than everDec 05, 2013 4:00 am - One day a long time ago, a woman stormed into the newsroom of the small northwestern Illinois daily where I worked, her somewhat embarrassed pre-teen son in tow. The boy...
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Good news stories abound throughout the yearNov 28, 2013 4:00 am - It seems as though there is something in human nature that draws us to bad news, to the sensational, the terrifying. As a result, we often most remember those kinds of n...
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News judgment, not bias, rules sports coverageNov 14, 2013 4:00 am - I’ve written a lot over the years in response to claims that the Daily Herald’s political biases color our news coverage, but there’s another claim of favoritism that do...
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School Checker expands your power on schoolsOct 31, 2013 5:00 am - Information, it is said, is power, and in that vein, today we're giving you a profound boost toward control of your local schools. The annual School Report Card, as our...
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Free speech: For good, ill or in between, it’s to die forOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - In honor of National Free Speech Week, I’d really like to wax loquacious on this important fundamental right, but I know I can’t improve on the eloquent simplicity of th...