This blog is designed to give readers a glimpse of our editorial-page operation and how we make our decisions. We’ll let you know who we’re meeting with, what they’re telling us, what events and issues we’re looking at. We’ll also pass on information and observations that may not make our print editions. In addition to the editorial board members who post on this blog, the board includes Publisher David Zeeck, Executive Editor Karen Peterson and Managing Editor Dale Phelps.
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Editorial page editor Patrick O’Callahan oversees the online and printed opinion sections of The News Tribune. He came to The News Tribune in 1987 and has worked at Washington newspapers since 1979. E-mail him at patrick.ocallahan@thenewstribune.com
Editorial writer Cheryl Tucker, in addition to writing commentary, manages the daily production of the editorial and op-ed pages and edits letters to the editor. She began her journalism career in 1974 at a Virginia newspaper and came to The News Tribune in 1978. E-mail her at cheryl.tucker@thenewstribune.com.
Editorial writer Kim Bradford manages the online opinion section of The News Tribune and writes commentary. She joined The News Tribune in 2005 after working 11 years at newspapers in Washington and Maryland. E-mail her at kim.bradford@thenewstribune.com.
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Editor emeritus David Seago retired from The News Tribune in 2008 after 41 years at The News Tribune. E-mail him at sds99@harbornet.com.
Richard Davis’ column on state politics frequently runs in the print edition of The News Tribune. He was president of the Washington Research Council, a statewide think tank, from 1986 through 2006. Currently, as a principal with The Simeon Partnership, Inc. he coordinates the activities of the Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy, a business coalition founded by the Research Council, the Association of Washington Business and the Washington Roundtable.
Karen Irwin of University Place, a mother of four, has been a frequent contributor to The News Tribune's print editions. She has also written for Seattle's Child, Puget Sound Parent, the Tacoma Weekly, the Fayetteville Observer Times and the political blog Right Meets Left. She graduated from California Lutheran University with a degree in English literature and is currently working toward a history degree.
Michael Allen, professor of history at the University of Washington Tacoma, was born and raised in Ellensburg. He served with the U.S. Marines in Vietnam from 1969-70. He has written five books, including the prize-winning "Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus' Great Discovery to the War on Terror," "Rodeo Cowboys in the North American Imagination" and "Western Rivermen, 1763-1861: Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse." Allen lives in Tacoma and Ellensburg and has three children.
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A new study by the Bush administration shows that the Housing First strategy works. Tacoma has been working out the kinks in its program, but results like these show it's on the right track.
Melanie Roach didn't win a medal at the Beijing Olympics Sunday, but her triumph was complete nonetheless.
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From Dave, still biking in California. (I think he misses you all):
The Nina, the replica of Christopher Columbus' favorite ship that starred in Tacoma's Tall Ships festival last month, has had a mutiny of sorts. The vessel lost four of its seven crew members when it docked in Sacramento a couple weeks ago after sailing down the West Coast from Tacoma.
Because the crew members aren't paid, it's not unusual for the volunteers to decide they've had enough, the Sacramento Bee reports. Crewing on the Nina involves working the lines and sails by hand and doing other chores during 10-hour days. Accommodations are spartan bunks. The ship can be at sea for long periods.
The Nina, owned by a foundation, heads for San Raphael, Calif., on Tuesday. If sailing the bounding main the way Columbus did – well, except for the electronic navigation and having a modern galley – appeals to you, apply online at www.thenina.com.
I enjoy the Olympics as much as the next person, but I think I'll be tuning into Comedy Central this week for what promises to be some of the most entertaining reporting out of China.
Rob Riggle, a former U.S. Marine who is now a "correspondent" for "The Daily Show," somehow got a journalist visa to film in China. He and his crew even got permission to film in Tiananmen Square as well as on the Great Wall (AP photo).
According to the Associated Press:
"Riggle and his crew were followed almost everywhere by Chinese police, although only once was a hand placed over a camera lens cap and they were told to go away. It was a moment the comedy writers probably couldn’t have made up: They were filming the outside of a 7-Eleven convenience store."
Here's the entire AP story:
