Jim Slusher
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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...
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Striving to tell it like it is, whether 'insane' or notJul 07, 2010 11:00 pm - A year and a half ago, and for some months before, a certain refrain was repeated when some people took stock of the nation's economy. Things weren't that bad, the theme...
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Careful what you wish for when seeking headlinesJun 23, 2010 11:00 pm - If you want to maintain comfortable relations in your personal and professional life, a good rule of thumb is to imagine how what you are saying would sound in the newsp...
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Use news, not news excerpts, when you voteJun 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Who is going to determine how you perceive the candidates you support in the coming election? You? Or the candidates? There is hardly mystery surrounding the power of po...
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Let's hope trial offers some truth plus excitementJun 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Somehow it doesn't seem like it's been so long waiting for the start of the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial. Maybe it's because the former governor never really went aw...