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It began with a call from David Lile, host of the Morning Show on News Talk 1400. A listener wanted to know when KFRU’s daily “Quickie Quiz” feature...

So, the population of Columbia has crossed the hundred grand mark, according to the latest official estimate. This is hardly news to those of us who’ve been tracking...

We are in the midst of a sustainability shift. Nearly everyone cares about the future of this planet and also about the people on it. But not everyone...

The debate rages about health care reform, and I am confused. From the Left, the Right, the Middle and perhaps some mysterious kingdom out yonder comes the debate,...

Since last December, I have been nagging anyone who would listen – and some who would not – to consider a Fifth State Building Bond. I believe we...

Poor little old West Boulevard; it’s appellation as a boulevard conjures up thoughts of anticipated grandness, harkening to the time when it was Columbia’s western boundary. Now West...

The GetAbout Columbia schemes seem to come in waves. The latest “experiment” in the otherwise laudable and ambitious $22 million project is destined to become an object...

Several hundred million analog television transmitters are now little more than scrap material. Television station engineers hit the “plate off” button last Friday, severing high voltage for the...

With revenues from sales taxes trickling into the city’s coffers at a slower pace – down by 3 percent this year – the balance between guns and butter...