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It happened sooner than I thought it would: the advent of portable high-speed Internet connectivity to a computer near you. Verizon Wireless should take a bow for making...

Some uneasiness is beginning to develop about several economically unsettling events we should all be paying attention to. Real estate agents have been grumbling for months about their...

On occasion we should all take time out to review what education on all levels means to our state and how we need to support these enterprises. Several...

Late one Sunday evening 40 years ago I walked into Studio A in the old KFRU Building on Business Loop 70 and went on the air for the...

One measure of any great city is the depth and the quality of the telecommunications services available to its residents. In this regard, Columbia has had a mixed...

Moving beyond how area agencies plan to deal with the next Great Blizzard, government officials are now reviewing the way they communicate with the general public when extraordinary...

“Never say never” has forever been a phrase I’ve taken to heart when it comes to considering anything electronic. Who would have thought as recently as a decade...

Boone County’s precipitous fall from 45th to 130th in a national economic ranking is alarming. Lagging wage growth and lack of economic diversification have taken a stealthy but...

There have been bigger snowstorms, of course. Two weeks ago, the heavens really opened up, leaving a legacy of depth that has some of us questioning how well...

Shoppers cast discriminating stares at ingredients listed on slightly crushed cereal boxes before adding them to their carts. Around the corner they stopped at the pile of red...