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David Muto was the editor of TribTalk, The Texas Tribune's opinion page. He is also the Tribune's copy editor. A Richardson native, he attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned degrees in journalism and Spanish.

Past Contributions

  • The Brief: July 19, 2012

    By David Muto

    Though they've been battling publicly for months, seeds of tension between Ted Cruz and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst may have been planted years ago. Full Story 

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    Credit: Michael Stravato / Todd Spoth

  • The Evening Brief: July 17, 2012

    By David Muto

    Your evening reading: Perry stops short of pressing Romney on tax returns; Cruz, Dewhurst on offense before debate; with Obama in Texas, Perry calls on president to rebuke Holder Full Story 

    Gov. Rick Perry answers media questions upon his arrival at the Electric Park Ballroom in Waterloo, Iowa, on Aug. 14, 2011.
    Credit: Robert Chris Daemmrich

  • The Brief: July 17, 2012

    By David Muto

    Ahead of their last televised debate, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst still leads in the money game, but he may no longer be able to claim an outright advantage over Ted Cruz. Full Story 

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    Credit: Gage Skidmore

  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By David Muto

    Aaronson maps the dwindling number of Texas doctors accepting Medicaid, Aguilar on what the PRI's return to power in Mexico means for U.S. relations, Batheja on Ted Cruz and Chief Justice John Roberts' erstwhile friendship, Galbraith on how Midland's latest oil boom is straining the city like never before, Grissom, Dehn and Murphy's interactive on the consequences of prosecutorial mistakes, Ramsey divines Perry's future by looking to his past, Ramshaw on Perry's rejection of key parts of federal health care reform, M. Smith on a little-watched but fiery Texas Supreme Court runoff, and the final installment in Tan's series on family planning in Texas: The best of our best from July 9 to 13, 2012. Full Story 

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    Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman