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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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The recent plunge in gas prices has the feeling of a return to normalcy. It’s anything but.
Prices have actually cracked the $2-a-gallon mark at a few South Sound gas stations; they’re well below that in some parts of the Midwest. Spotting a “1” in first place on the big placards – as in “Regular: $1.99” – feels like a trip down memory road. All’s right with the world again, if only at the pump.
The price drop may be unprecedented. Just a few months ago, a gallon went for well over $4 – roughly twice as much as today’s cost.
It’s having three spectacularly good effects.
It's come to this: a class in how to turn your television on and change the channels.
Click! Cable TV offers free Cable 101 class: How to Use Your Remote Control and Digital Receiver
If your coffee table is overflowing with various remote controls and you’re still wondering what the menu button really does, join the experts from Click! Cable TV Monday, Nov. 17 at the Tacoma Public Utilities Auditorium for a class in their quarterly Cable 101 series. Find out “How to Use Your Remote Control and Digital Receiver” offered at 3 and 7 p.m.
Click! offers a personal touch for those needing support in a high-tech world. As “your local choice,” Click! welcomes customers and others interested in learning more about remote control functionality, digital receivers, the upcoming digital transition and high-definition programming.
Seating is limited, so call (253) 502-8900 to reserve your spot.
This week's news that a disgraced Washington State University provost finagled a teaching position for the grand salary of $245,000 – almost $200,000 more than other liberal arts profs – raised some eyebrows around here.
But over at The Tri-City Herald, they're mad as hell. Here's today's editorial.
After all the hoopla over WSU Tri-Cities in recent years, you would never have expected its parent university to use it as a dumping ground for its Pullman problems.
But that’s sure what it looks like after the recent announcement that former Washington State University provost Steven Hoch will be moving to town to teach at the Richland campus.
You may remember Hoch. He’s the guy who was already raising eyebrows with the administration before he’d even moved to Pullman from the University of Kentucky, where he was dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.
His stint as provost had the life span of a Las Vegas wedding and even less decorum.
