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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This editorial will appear in Sunday's edition.
Politicians are wont to talk their way out of an uncomfortable spot, but when state lawmakers describe the “opportunities” ahead, Washingtonians should hope that it’s more than spin.
The $5.7 billion gap between expected demand for state services and expected state revenues, the largest shortfall ever faced, will exact sacrifices no matter lawmakers’ course.
The question facing the Legislature, which convenes Monday for a 105-day session, is whether the pain will be something more than painful. The depths of the state’s financial woes can be a source of rare political will, if only lawmakers decide to tap it.
And no, I am not tipping my hat to Tim Eyman and Governor Blogojevich both of whom made the news recently; I am talking about literal nuts and scum, the kind that helped fuel a Boeing 737-800 this week.
Wednesday, the world’s first test of a passenger airliner took off from Bush Intercontinental airport in Houston partially powered by nuts and algae. These nuts aren't the three or four that get sealed up in a silver bag and handed out to the passengers, no the nuts of which I speak were in the fuel tank!
For Sunday: The depths of the state’s financial woes can be a source of rare political will, if only lawmakers decide to tap it.
For Monday: Thirteen state parks – including Joemma and Kopachuck in Pierce County and Tolmie in Thurston County – are endangered by the quiet scruffiness that endears them to locals.
Editorials represent the consensus view of The News Tribune's editorial board.
Want to sit in on a daily ed board meeting? Email cheryl.tucker@thenewstribune.com to make an appointment.
We don't carry The New York Times columnists anymore. But no one said we couldn't tell you what they're writing about and link to their columns.
Paul Krugman's latest column takes President-elect Barack Obama to task for not thinking big enough when it comes to stimulating the economy. He writes:
"This is the most dangerous economic crisis since the Great Depression, and it could all too easily turn into a prolonged slump.
But Mr. Obama’s prescription doesn’t live up to his diagnosis. The economic plan he’s offering isn’t as strong as his language about the economic threat. In fact, it falls well short of what’s needed."
To read the column, click here.
