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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.
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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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Arun Raha has spoken.
There is no soft landing or quick recovery in the offing for Washington’s economy, says the state’s top economist. Over the next two years, revenues will be nearly $9 billion short what it would take to run state government on autopilot.
Yup, that’s bad. Really, really bad – as Raha said it would be last month after lawmakers begged him to weigh in early. This state’s not seen a worse revenue picture in at least 30 years. It’s “devastating,” a “wake-up call,” a harbinger of “pain.”
That resolved, can we finally get to the hard part now? You know, the part where the lawmakers in charge let Washingtonians in on how they’re thinking they’ll balance the budget?
I guess we know now why President Obama relies so heavily on teleprompters. They minimize the chance of a gaffe like the one he made Thursday night on the "Tonight Show."
Obama – who is much more comfortable on the basketball court than on the bowling alley – really blew it when he compared his bowling skills to something out of the Special Olympics. As anyone associated with that great organization can testify, many of its athletes can hold their own with anyone – or beat them.
It's not enough to apologize to the head of the organization. I suggest the president invite some Special Olympics bowlers to the White House for a throwdown. And then be prepared for an old-fashioned whuppin'.
I don't know if there is any poet more "Tacoma" than UPS English prof Bill Kupinse, whose gentle lament about noisy leafblowers appeared in the TNT's Sunday Insight section last year.
Not only does his poetry often reflect Tacoma settings and inhabitants, he is the city's first official poet laureate, an honor and duty he won in competition sponsored by the downtown Urban Grace church.
Well, Bill -- "William J. Kupinse" is the formal byline -- is about to relinquish his title. His successor will be announced at a poetry reading April 30 on the UPS campus.
Fellow poet and UPS English professor Hans Ostrom will join Kupinse in reading from their work, followed by introduction of the city's new poet laureate. The event will begin at 8 p.m. in Rausch Auditorium (McIntyre Hall Room 003). See map.
Bill also reports that an anthology of poetry by Tacoma poets is in the works.
