Jim Slusher
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Blagojevich story obscures some serious businessJun 30, 2011 3:00 am - It’s hard for me to think of Rod Blagojevich as anything but a creature of the news media. Is that why I feel so sorry for him and his family? Not that justice wasn’t do...
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We report, but sometimes only hope you careJun 22, 2011 12:00 am - “To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear.” #8212; Jeremiah 6:10 Complain...
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Pride, solidarity for newspaper in a time of tragedyMay 25, 2011 12:00 am - Publisher Michael Beatty probably wasn’t surprised. I know he is proud. And I don’t even know him. Or any of the reporters, editors and photographers, pressmen, artists ...
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A personal brush with the callous red-light camera lawMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - To some people, $100 is a lot of money. I, alas, am one of those people. So when, having videoed my car making what it alleged to be an illegal right turn on red, the Ci...
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Bin Laden photo debate is about life as well as deathMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - When it comes to Osama bin Laden, we should think as much about the pictures we see as about the ones we don’t see. Here’s what I mean: I listened this week to an engagi...
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It takes a local touch to bring a global story homeMay 04, 2011 12:00 am - “This,” said Executive Editor Madeleine Doubek to a meeting of Daily Herald editors planning stories for Tuesday's editions on the killing of Osama bin Laden, “is one of...
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One news source still respects rational thoughtApr 27, 2011 12:00 am - What is it about human nature that so makes us want to accept conspiracy theories about obvious falsehoods? Paul McCartney is dead ... Tupac Shakur is alive ... Fluo...
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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...