Jim Slusher
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Scent of a buzzword: Keeping objectivity in the mainstreamMar 28, 2012 6:00 pm - We all know very well the injunction that a rose by any other name should smell as sweet. But in popular political practice today, it seems more common to find critics s...
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Voting is 'Plan Only,' and we have duty to helpMar 15, 2012 5:00 am - In general, I don't reply or post comments to stories at dailyherald.com. I don't like to intrude on what is intended as an open forum for the broader community. But thi...
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We can help add to the merriment of Oscar NightFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Is it not enough that we can go to a movie on a Friday or Saturday night, throw back a couple sawbucks’ worth of popcorn and soda, have a few laughs or a good cry and go...
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The dual duty of informing and engaging votersFeb 16, 2012 8:00 am - As every election approaches, Daily Herald editors and reporters conduct editorial board interviews with as many candidates as we can get to meet with us for local, regi...
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Sensitivity played a role in this real-life mysteryFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - When 12-year-old Tarren Garcia missed his Bull Valley school bus last week but noticed a human skull lying in the grass near the stop, he stumbled into the kind of macab...
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The pirates who would drown us in the Sea of NothingJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Wikipedia and a handful of other important global websites went dark Wednesday to protest legislation in Congress that they see as overly broad and potentially dangerous...
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Snow job: We’re on top of it, whatever comesJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - Imagine a meeting of editors sitting around a table, most with electronic information devices at hand, as well as at least three newspapers. Here’s how people talk about...
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Tracking the elusive ‘stealth candidate’Dec 15, 2011 4:00 am - The “stealth candidate.” It may not be a term you’re intimately familiar with unless you cover elections for a living, and it may seem as counterintuitive to you as it d...
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Blagojevich, Santo and other inscrutable questionsDec 08, 2011 4:00 am - An array of short subjects today: Ÿ First, one of the sorriest, if not saddest comments I've heard related to the Blagojevich sentencing, from executive editor Madeleine...
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Editorial cartoon is a savage worth tamingDec 01, 2011 4:00 am - Editorial cartoons are a dicey business. The great Pat Oliphant described them as “inherently negative,” and though many great examples could be summoned to contradict t...