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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Candidates aren't in the habit of publicly confessing their sins before an election. Some, in fact, take non-confession to extremes.
Pierce County Councilman Calvin Goings was in today to talk about his run for Pierce County executive. In the course of an impressive interview, he mentioned he had "challenges" as well as strengths ("challenges," not weaknesses, mind you).
We asked him what some of those "challenges" are. His responses:
• "My fault is maybe being too honest at times."
• "I have a vision."
• "I don't take no for an answer very well."
• "I expect a lot out of myself."
OK, I guess we can't expect a guy running for office to say:
• "I'm a pushover for anybody."
• "I expect very little out of myself, really."
• "Would someone tell me what this 'vision thing' is all about?"
• "I'm a prevaricating scoundrel. Do you believe me?"
The purchase of Sauro's Cleanarama site has to rank as one of the safer gambles in Tacoma's history of betting on environmental cleanup as a means to economic development. The 15,000-square-foot lot is one of the biggest known hurdles standing between the city and its efforts to keep one of its most important companies.
“We agree” from Miami Herald:
Not a moment too soon, the administration is remembering that there is a war in Afghanistan. The United States and its Western allies have a lot at stake in this war, but it's being lost to the resurgent Taliban.
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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The Gregoire campaign has just alerted us that James Carville, denizen of political talk shows and author of the famed "It's the economy, stupid" political catchphrase, is coming to Seattle today for a Gregoire campaign event.
Carville, who masterminded Bill Clinton's successful presidential campaigns, is known for a thick-as-molassses Southern drawl. He makes "yes" a two-syllable word.
Which makes us wonder if an interpreter will be provided to translate his remarks in the Emerald City. And he's bound to say that it's the economy – or at least Wall Street – that's stupid right now.
