Jim Slusher
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Another season of 'hardball politics' comes to a closeNov 02, 2010 11:00 pm - What is it about politics that brings out the worst in people? Presumably, the election process is intended to help us all make things better, but it certainly doesn't h...
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Likability isn't the issue in our election decisionsOct 12, 2010 11:00 pm - “I kind of like him personally, Daily Herald Editor John Lampinen said in the midst of an editorial board discussion of candidates to endorse for election. “Actually, I ...
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Bell fiasco shows what happens without watchdogSep 22, 2010 11:00 pm - I am too far away from the Bell, Calif., pay scandal to offer detailed insights into how that public travesty occurred, but one important observation is clear. Bell has ...
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Waters' 'The Wall': Don't beat your head against itSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - If you are or ever were a fan of Pink Floyd and its synthetic, grandiose power harmonies, you would not be disappointed with Roger Waters' 30th-anniversary theatrical re...
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Telling of some stories relies on readers' reasonSep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I have talked in this space in the past about ubiquitous news stories whose origins cannot be divined or explained but which must be followed because people have become ...
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Guidelines help keep letters lively, diverse and localSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - We've had some lively discussions lately among various Daily Herald editors who deal with our Fence Post letters, so, with the unofficial Labor Day kickoff of the Novemb...
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Blagojevich and the free press, fair trial debateAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Every journalism student spends some time in the study of the "free press v. fair trial" conflict, the challenge of guaranteeing every defendant a fair trial according t...
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The lives of bugs and trees as well as cats and dogsAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - People don't like bugs. They like to read about bugs though. It's not that we're all a bunch of budding entomologists. Most of us, I suspect, are much more interested in...
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Some calls are bleepin' tough to make, some notJul 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The late George Carlin liked to say that "there are no bad words," only bad uses of words. I'm inclined to agree, though I would add there are certainly bad times to use...
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Other momentous news deserves, gets big playJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - So much momentous news. For a year, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't shut up about his day in court. Then suddenly he says he doesn't need it. A strike halts major cons...