Voices

More Challenges Ahead for MU

Figures released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau estimate Columbia’s population is now 119,109, making…

Roadblocks to New Terminal Takeoff

The most important item on the City of Columbia’s “to-do” list of municipal projects is…

A Bipartisan Look Forward

The April 5 municipal election confirms Columbia’s continued drift to the political left and, like…

It’s Not Over Yet

That an untenured assistant professor of communications can cause the University of Missouri so much…

A Calm Between Storms

For months, it seemed like the bad old days of the ’60s and ’70s had…

The Retail Wheel Spins On

Dad was late to work that morning. It was Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1950 when he…

Double Down for MU

We’ll never get the whole story about what transpired during the recently concluded “times of…

Advise and Consent

Enshrined under Article XI of the Columbia City Charter, the makeup of the city’s planning…

Step Right Up

With a trio of local elections coming up next year, perhaps this would be a…

The Lone Voter

  Just when we thought the laudable efforts of a group of property owners to…

We Can Do Better

A season for traveling and seeing other places leaves us wondering how our own region…

Rewriting History

There will apparently be little satisfaction for some of us about the fate of Boone…