Jim Slusher
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Take pen in hand (but use your own words, please)Feb 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Long before the word blog was a gleam in some Web pioneer's goo-goo-googly eye, there was another way in which average people with something to say about the world got t...
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Even cosmopolitan suburbs respond to call of the wildFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Sooner or later, every reporter will have an oddity from the animal kingdom somewhere in his or her portfolio. Mine was a cat nursing three baby rabbits along with her o...
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The blame game and the election of Scott CohenFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has offered a couple of understandable shots at the news media in the past week over the Scott Lee Cohen debacle. Questioned abou...
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Curious, practical reflections on election coverageFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - First, the curious: One question stood out as perhaps the most unanswerable among many. If the current state of political affairs can't do it, what will it take to get p...
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From athletes, there really are no guaranteesJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Words are the stock in trade of people in newspapers, and from time to time I can't help talking about them - or, in today's case, one of them. At issue, guarantee. With...
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Get full context of coverage of political racesJan 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Some random thoughts on primary election coverage: First and most important, you should know that our online report now includes an easy link to our coverage of all race...
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Some sad stories must constantly be repeatedJan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - For more than two years early in the decade we've just completed, the Daily Herald conducted a strong, sustained crusade against drug use. Beginning with a package of st...
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Sometimes, even fantasy manages to look like newsDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Odds and ends, this and that, random thoughts: Let's start with Tiger Woods, the AP's athlete of the decade. A few weeks ago, I wrote about being mystified by the news v...
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In a story of too many miracles, hope for one moreDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Experiencing a miracle, not to mention witnessing one, ought to be a rare blessing. Yet, at 9 years old, Taylor Radtke has needed more miracles than most of us would eve...
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Reporting aims to avoid adding more tragedyDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - So while I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love, but for livin' I was born. You might hear me holler and you might hear me cry. But I'll...