Jim Slusher
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Critical thinking important when reading opinionApr 13, 2011 12:00 am - How's your knowledge of transitional human fossils faring these days? Whatever the state of your expertise, I'm going to go out on a fat, safe limb of man's evolutionary...
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In the end, who will be sunk by Sheen's torpedo?Apr 06, 2011 12:00 am - I have written before about what I can only call “hold-your-nose” journalism — stories we run because we know the public has become consumed by them. Tiger Woods' sex li...
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Different ways of remembering that politics is localMar 30, 2011 12:00 am - Some cleanup issues on the elections: We completed our schedule of endorsements a week and a half ago, considerably earlier than previous elections. We wanted to time ou...
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Daily Herald’s newest syndicated columnist builds on local foundationMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - Esther Cepeda is embarking on a “dream job” as a nationally syndicated columnist, but her foundation, she says, is local. Cepeda, whose Washington Post Writers Group col...
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Unique value of distance in endorsementsMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - What makes an effective governing board for a town or school district? Is it a collection of like-minded individuals, all sharing the same goals and similar ideas about ...
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Brevity a worthy goal for amateurs and pros alikeFeb 15, 2011 11:00 pm - Working in the arena of publishing, I am reminded almost daily of one of my favorite quotes: “I'm sorry this letter is so long. I didn't have time to make it shorter.” I...
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Gear up for key decisions about your town, schoolsFeb 08, 2011 11:00 pm - In a very real sense, democracy is a 24/7/365 enterprise. We may vote only once or twice a year, but knowing how to vote — that is, whom we want to vote for — requires s...
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An uneven Les Miserables still triumphsFeb 06, 2011 12:00 am - One of the inherent challenges of mounting a 25th anniversary production of any theatrical spectacle runs constantly through Cameron Mackintosh's stirring restaging of “...
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Nuance changes but not key theme of storm coverageFeb 01, 2011 11:00 pm - These are the times for stories we'll always remember. They are the “where were you when” stories that we tell our children and grandchildren 20 or 30 years from now whe...
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Next year, I promise, a snowblowerFeb 01, 2011 11:00 pm - Swoosh. Toss. Swoosh. Toss. Swoosh. Toss. Scrape. Swoosh. Toss. Swoosh. Toss. Swoosh. Toss. Scrape. Swoosh. Toss. Swoosh. Toss. Swoosh. Toss. Scrape. This was my world ...