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		<title>Sammy Sosa, a whiter shade of male</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/20/sammy-sosa-a-whiter-shade-of-male/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/20/sammy-sosa-a-whiter-shade-of-male/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Tucker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behind the scenes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonard Pitts Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sammy Sosa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a Web special for readers – a Leonard Pitts Jr. column we weren't able to get into the print edition this week.
Dear Sammy Sosa:
Are you happy with yourself now? Are you more confident and self-assured? When you look in the mirror, do you like yourself better, now that you are white?
As you know, photos [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>KSM mistrial!</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/20/ksm-mistrial/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/20/ksm-mistrial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Allen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My take]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you haven’t heard, the president of the United States just declared accused 9/11 terrorist Khalid Sheik Mohammed guilty and even announced what his sentence will be.
I’m not kidding. A newsman asked President Barack Obama if he understands why ordinary Americans are so offended that Mohammed  (“KSM” in Newspeak) is receiving constitutional rights [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hecht sentence slammed</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/20/hecht-sentence-slammed/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/20/hecht-sentence-slammed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Tucker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behind the scenes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Hecht]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=783</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We received this letter today from Joseph J. Hesketh III, the father of one of the young men who testified against former Superior Court Judge Michael Hecht. It's too long to run as a letter to the editor (we have a 250-word limit), so he agreed to let us post it here.
Justice served?
What has happened [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>State should not retreat on math, science</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/19/state-should-not-retreat-on-math-science/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/19/state-should-not-retreat-on-math-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Bradford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sneak preview]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This editorial will appear in Friday's print edition.

Randy Dorn’s timing is both politically astute and all wrong.
For days, the state schools superintendent was widely rumored to be preparing for battle over the state’s math and science graduation
requirements.
Sure enough, on Thursday morning, Dorn’s office announced he would ask the Legislature to delay the math and science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doomsday movie offers escape from tough times</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/19/doomsday-movie-offers-escape-from-tough-times/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/19/doomsday-movie-offers-escape-from-tough-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Tucker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sneak preview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This editorial will appear in Friday's print edition.
“It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.” 
                                  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Much ado about nothing in Lakewood, transit blogger says</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/19/much-ado-about-nothing-in-lakewood-transit-blogger-says/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/19/much-ado-about-nothing-in-lakewood-transit-blogger-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Bradford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Touché]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amtrak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lakewood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WSDOT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=767</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ben Schiendelman of the Seattle Transit Blog (which does a great job of tracking transit issues up and down I-5 despite its name) has a counterpoint to our Wednesday editorial about Amtrak trains running through Lakewood.  
Schiendelman laments that the state Department of Transportation's outreach efforts have done little to stem opposition that has [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Let next Tacoma council fill empty seats</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/18/let-next-tacoma-council-fill-empty-seats/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/18/let-next-tacoma-council-fill-empty-seats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Bradford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sneak preview]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This editorial will appear in Thursday's print edition.

Departing Tacoma City Council members should resist the temptation to make a final mark (or two) on city government via the appointment process.
The council is debating how to fill vacancies created by this month's election. Councilwoman Marilyn Strickland is moving to the mayor's chair, and Julie Anderson is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Newsweek cover sexist?</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/18/is-newsweek-cover-sexist/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/18/is-newsweek-cover-sexist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Tucker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My take]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm not a big Sarah Palin fan, but I'm on her side in thinking that the Newsweek cover photo of her in shorts is inappropriate.
I just don't buy the Newsweek line that the photo, originally taken for Runner's World magazine, was
"the most interesting image available to us to illustrate the theme of the cover." Most [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tacoma schools: Focus on operations levy first</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/17/tacoma-schools-focus-on-operations-levy-first/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/17/tacoma-schools-focus-on-operations-levy-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Bradford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sneak preview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School levies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tacoma schools]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This editorial will appear in Wednesday's print edition.

No doubt about it, the Tacoma School District needs to get its school renovation program back on track. 
The failure of successive capital campaigns in 2006 and 2008 has effectively created a district of haves and have-nots. Some kids go to school in attractive new buildings hard-wired for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where are bypass benefits for Lakewood?</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/17/where-are-bypass-benefits-for-lakewood/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2009/11/17/where-are-bypass-benefits-for-lakewood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Tucker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sneak preview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amtrak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lakewood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Railroad]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This editorial will appear in Wednesday's print edition.
Lakewood officials are absolutely right to challenge the state’s proposed Point Defiance bypass project that would send Amtrak passenger trains hurtling through the city at 79 mph. They would be seriously remiss if they didn’t.
At first glance, at least, Lakewood stands to shoulder all the negatives of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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