Articles filed under Slusher, Jim
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Ceilings, sausages and the pain of watching
Jun 1, 2023 9:23 AM - Columnist Jim Slusher: There is no doubt something important to be said about the need for a permanent solution to the debt ceiling crisis, but at the moment, I'm just overcome with the weariness of watching it all.
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Columnist Jim Slusher: Finding the relationship between trust, truth
May 11, 2023 1:00 AM - Columnist Jim Slusher: World Press Freedom Day - its theme for 2023 "Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a driver for all other human rights" - passed last week with an ominous message for news media in America as well as their audiences.
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Pre-frenzy musings on Election Night
Apr 6, 2023 1:00 AM - Columnist Jim Slusher: Election night for editors in a newsroom -- or for the network of home offices that passes for a newsroom in 2023 -- is a nerve-jarring game of Wait and Hurry Up.
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Columnist Jim Slusher: On the true nature of persuasion
Feb 16, 2023 9:42 AM - Columnist Jim Slusher: An experience last week reinforced for me an observation I've long considered to be true about so-called persuasive writing, and indeed any kind of verbal argument or debate.
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Humanity, the news and creatures in crisis
Jan 12, 2023 1:00 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: I have a personal memory that seems relevant to a recent story in the news.
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Join our discussion of election issues that need more attention
Dec 26, 2022 8:22 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Next week, we begin a series of reflections that aims to generate conversation and eventually, we hope, action on a variety election issues that have not gotten much attention in our pages or, for that matter, in public policy discussions in Illinois.
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Online search yields lesson on media
Dec 8, 2022 1:00 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: I have been fascinated, in a not altogether comfortable way, by the candidacy of Herschel Walker for U.S. Senate from Georgia, so when earlier this week I caught the tail end of some reference to the race and Saturday Night Live. my curiosity was piqued.
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Good news may not sell, but we can't do without it
Dec 1, 2022 1:07 PM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: A line in a note from a reader about my column last week focusing on good news stories has stuck with me.
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: A Thanksgiving reminder that virtue also makes news
Nov 24, 2022 1:00 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: every Thanksgiving, I like to remind readers that there's something in the newspaper every day -- and numerous stories and items in the news throughout the week -- to give us reason to feel blessed and grateful
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Get ready for uplifting storytelling
Nov 17, 2022 1:00 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Newspapers have an inherent appreciation for great storytelling, especially when the stories being told can uplift a community.
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