Voices

A Road to the ‘Metropolis of Medicine’

I think the last thing anyone thought Columbia would need is another hospital, and yet…

Historic…Or Nostalgic?

One begins to believe it’s envy or jealousy that brings out all the opposition to…

Buildings, Business and Battle Lines

There’s nothing of any architectural significance about 225 S. Ninth St.: a squat, single-story, 1920s-era…

Forget the competition

Whether the City of Columbia decides to — or is allowed to — lease some…

Back in the Mud

MoDOT recently unveiled its “325 Plan” for Missouri’s 34,000-mile network of bridges and highways the…

The City Council Bouncy House

It’s on page 63 in my copy of the Columbia City Charter under “Recall Petition.” Gather…

Funding Missouri’s Highways

Is it something in the water? Maybe it’s in the air we breathe. Perhaps it’s…

The babble of noisy rhetoric

It’s old news by now, but the outcome of two municipal propositions in last month’s…

There’s No Profit Here

Mothballing the Central Missouri Events Center, aka Fairgrounds, presents the perfect pause to consider what…

“Sell” Them on the Issues

The calls are beginning to go out. It happens every time a local issue appears…

Hope for Progress?

Few were surprised when voters statewide rejected Amendment Seven that would have increased sales taxes…

A Taste of Nuclear Medicine

The most exciting development on the University of Missouri campus these days is using the…