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.
Editorial board bloggers
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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Our take on John McCain’s acceptance speech. He might already be upstaged by the pit bull with lipstick.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivered a stinging rebuke of Air Force administration two months ago when he yanked its authority for awarding the contract for new aerial refueling tankers. Now the Defense Department risks compounding the huge procurement blunder that prompted the Air Force's dressing down.
About our editorials:
If you have comments or questions about these topics, please email them to patrick.ocallahan@thenewstribune.com. Editorials represent the consensus view of The News Tribune's editorial board.
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More from editor emeritus Dave Seago:
I'm at the Microsoft conference center in Redmond for a two-day conference called "Beyond Oil: Transforming Transportation ? A National Demonstration Project." It's got a fascinating roster of speakers, including former CIA chief James Woolsey, who has gone green in a big way, arguing that America's security depends on ending its dependence on foreign oil.
The conference is co-sponsored by Microsoft, the Seattle-based Discovery Institute's Cascadia Center and the Idaho National Laboratory.
I'll soon go inspect a fleet of alternate fuel vehicles parked outside. But I've already come across one clever gimmick. A fellow who contends that since most of us will still be driving some kind of vehicle on our roads and highways for a long time, part of the solution has to be promoting vastly more ride-sharing. He's looking for
$2 million for research on this strategy. See www.flexiblecarpooling.org.
His gimmick: He's passing out egg cartoons cut in half, each half-carton holding one fresh egg in a container meant to hold six. His point, of course, is that's the way we use our cars today.
From editor emeritus Dave Seago:
Dino Rossi's campaign signs on the Dry Side are a bit different than the ones we see over here on the Left, I mean, Wet Side.
I frequently saw signs like these, some of them on billboards, this week during a bike tour of Eastern Washington. The line about Seattle "stealing" the 2004 governor's election doesn't appear on similar signs and billboards in the Puget Sound area.
Nothing like stoking an old grudge to bring out the base, huh?
UPDATE: We received this note from Rossi campaign HQ:
I saw your blog post from today about the signs that say “Don’t let Seattle steal this election.”
I wanted to clarify that those signs in Eastern Washington are not Dino Rossi campaign signs. We had nothing to do with creating them, and we don’t agree with their message. We do not believe that Seattle – or anyone else – will steal this election and are confident there will be a fair playing field. Dino Rossi would not be running otherwise.
Thanks,
Jill Strait
Communications Director
Dino Rossi for Governor
