Several seats for public office are up for election this spring. From the Boone Hospital…

Each fall grants us the opportunity to exhale a long sigh after a harried year,…

Life has a knack for handing us our own comeuppance. A road construction project included…

Many times I have complimented Columbia/Boone County voters for their conscientious voting habits. Wow! The…

As residents interact with local government, they walk away from the experience either exasperated or…

At this writing, I sit in the shadow of the Allegheny Mountains in Virginia. Steeped…

Maybe I should wait to write this column after the second Sunday of July. The…

Several opinion pieces and comments have recently been published in regard to Missouri’s legislative term…

At a recent meeting, a long and emphatic lament decried the treatment of the Columbia…

Don’t ever rely on my prognostications in regard to election outcomes. With the exception of…

At times, topics for this column are difficult to find. Not so this month. I…

A rather heady fight over a new sign ordinance is brewing in the Columbia business…