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"Your Voice" features longer and distinctively personal commentary from readers on topics that don't seem to fit in a letter to the editor. Try to limit submissions to about 600 words.
Send proposed articles to editorial page editor David Seago, The News Tribune, PO Box 11000, Tacoma, Wash. 98411 ( or e-mail David Seago). Articles may be edited and republished in any format by The News Tribune.
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Published May 11th, 2008 - 1:00AM
WASHINGTON – Three days after last Tuesday’s primaries seemingly tilted the Democratic presidential nomination decisively toward Barack Obama, the surprising fact was that almost half the party’s senators had not announced a choice between him and Hillary Clinton. Twenty-one of the 49 Democratic senators were publicly silent as the last six primaries approached.
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Published May 11th, 2008 - 1:00AM
When American soldiers are deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, they know they risk injury or death at the hands of the enemy.
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Published May 11th, 2008 - 1:00AM
Hands down, it’s the most mysterious creature in the Pacific Northwest.
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Published May 10th, 2008 - 1:00AM
Apparently one of the unforeseen but happy consequences of smoking bans is that they help discourage many teens from ever taking up the habit.
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Published May 9th, 2008 - 1:00AM
Drive along Pacific Highway Southwest in the Ponders Corner area, and it’s easy to see why the Lakewood City Council is itching for change there – and willing to invest millions to get it.
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Published May 9th, 2008 - 1:00AM
Propaganda doesn’t get much sicker than what Myanmar state television put on the air Thursday: shots of Prime Minister Thein Sein personally passing out food to people injured by last week’s catastrophic cyclone.
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Published May 8th, 2008 - 12:25PM
Mike Purdy might be the unluckiest man to ever run a gambling hall around these parts. Read more...
Published May 8th, 2008 - 12:22PM
With the Indiana and North Carolina returns in, here’s what everybody but the most devout Clintonites now know: Hillary Clinton on Tuesday had to cut Barack Obama’s lead in delegates and popular votes. Instead Obama lengthened that lead. Read more...
Published May 7th, 2008 - 1:00AM
It took one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to do it, but Big Corn’s tight grip on Congress seems to have been loosened by a finger or two.
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Published May 7th, 2008 - 1:00AM
The Franklin Pierce School District is, perhaps more than many of its neighboring districts, a community institution
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Published May 6th, 2008 - 1:00AM
Many in Ruston believe that saving their town is worth a bare-knuckle brawl. Problem is, they often are too busy trading blows with one another to be very effective fighting for Ruston’s future.
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Published May 6th, 2008 - 1:00AM
The new Milton trail is a gem, allowing walkers and bikers to lose themselves in nature in the middle of the community.
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Published May 6th, 2008 - 1:00AM
If you drive, you’ve met the road-ragers.
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Published May 6th, 2008 - 1:00AM
Fourteen pioneering young women banded together a century ago to save lives – and the Washington State Nurses Association was born. Today, the story of nursing and the WSNA is one rich in history – a history that will soon need to be rewritten if residents of Tacoma and Pierce County hope to continue to receive quality care in the years to come.
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Published May 5th, 2008 - 1:00AM
Seattle’s experience with banning sales of high-octane booze would suggest such efforts amount to a fool’s errand. As fast as cities outlaw one kind of fortified beer and wine, distributors and retailers find a way around the prohibition.
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Leonard Pitts Jr.
is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Miami Herald.
