David Shorr

The Edward Jones Dome. Sprint Center. Scott Trade Center. The Nextel Cup. The Buick Open. Wimbledon. Nike. Reebok. Coca-Cola. Budweiser. Ohio State University. The University of Michigan. The...

There are jerks in every business. There are some bankers who are jerks. There are some teachers who are jerks. There are some doctors who are jerks. There...

It’s my birthday. I’m in my car. I’m driving to Topeka. (That’s in Kansas, for those of you who are geographically challenged.) I drive past Lawrence. I smile....

The tragedy at Virginia Tech is a wake-up call. It reminds all of us how fragile and brief our lives really are. One nut can really mess up...

This piece is about the Missouri River. I have written before about the public policy relating to the Missouri River, and I have done so for many years....

A bill has been introduced in the Missouri General Assembly under the guise of helping people who protect state parks. It would prohibit a lawful land use by...

I have two kids going to college right now. Both are at the University of Missouri-Columbia. They are great kids. They are smart. I don’t mind helping them...

In a recent editorial, local environmental pundit Ken Midkiff, conservation chairman of the Ozark chapter of the Sierra Club, posed the following question: “Does the city council represent...

This is a story about an imaginary town near the geographic center of the United States. By all accounts, it’s a great place to live, with national publications...

I have grown very weary of people telling me that I must understand the cultures of other people. I get especially perturbed when I am told that I...