Jim Slusher
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Call, write, vote: But, above all, finish the jobMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Getting you information is our job. Doing something with it is yours. Nowhere is this generally unspoken compact between a newspaper and its readers more apparent than i...
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Newspaper must not forget ideals in pressing issuesMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - There is still room for ideals in society. Even in Illinois government. Managing Editor Madeleine Doubek reminded me of this recently as we were discussing various eleme...
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Coverage of sports, courts and people who feel out of sortsApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Odds and ends: Again, we find ourselves looking for that perfect space between Chicken Little and Pollyanna, between outright panic and unbridled optimism. No, I'm not t...
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Why we didn't post 9-1-1 tapeApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Eight editors in a room. A riveting, but very disturbing tape of the 9-1-1 call from the Hoffman Estates murder scene. The question: Do we put it on the Web for all to h...
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Heroes among us illuminate an often bleak worldApr 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But do not let this blind you to what virtue there is. Many people strive for high ideals, ...
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New newspaper models emerge in difficult timesApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Last week, I wrote about some reasons why, even in the face of closings and bankruptcies, I believe newspapers have a bright future. Coincidentally, John Sturm, presiden...
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Hard times, yes; end times, not necessarilyApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Many news reports Tuesday observed that the Sun-Times' bankruptcy filing had made Chicago the first major city in the country without a solvent daily newspaper. I prefer...
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Annoying, yes, but 'sunshine' makes a good democracyMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - If you've followed the Daily Herald very closely this week, you know that the Wheaton Warrenville school district is fighting in the state Supreme Court for the right to...
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Keeping it real in storm of bad economic reportsMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - In reporting on the Great Recession of 2009, Chicken Little and Pollyanna Whittier are more than the stuff of children's fairy tales. They are relevant, thought-provokin...
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Local impact of dollar deluge is story to watchFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - As Peter Gabriel might say, "Lord, here comes the flood." As Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, might say, "Are you a good flood or a bad flood?" That, alas, remains t...