Voices

From the Roundtable: MU lab explosion a reminder of experimental dangers

The recent explosion and fire in Schweitzer Hall on the University of Missouri’s white campus…

From the Roundtable: MU, and local economy, dodges realignment bullet

The college athletic conference realignment scenario that almost cascaded this month proved to be a…

From the Roundtable: Growing inventory of vacant property troubling for Columbia

Watching the claw of a backhoe nibble away at the old Cleeks building on the…

From the Roundtable: 1956: Another watershed year in Columbia's economic development

My first contact with Big Blue was in the early ’50s. Staring at a school…

From the Roundtable: Bike, Walk and Wheel – potholes, cracks and trash

The Columbia area couldn’t have been blessed with finer weather for the recently concluded Bike,…

From the Roundtable: Will Dudley stick with campaign position on West Broadway?

Pick any day of the week, and at 4 p.m. you can watch the traffic…

From the Roundtable: Election results favorable, not a mandate for radical change

The victories of three candidates for City Council deemed business-friendly thwarted an oft-feared council majority…

From the Roundtable: Who are the ideal candidates from a business perspective?

With the rhetoric steaming up in the days before Tuesday’s municipal election, it’s time to…

From the Roundtable: Let's not miss new industrial, technological opportunities

It’s an interesting exercise to review Columbia’s hits and misses in the economic development contest.…

From the Round Table: Candidates deserve darts for trying to hide electronic footprints

It’s disheartening to learn that two candidates for seats on the Columbia City Council left…

From the Roundtable: Boonville Bridge deal a costly boondoggle

Let’s salute the Union Pacific Transportation Company for pulling off a really sweet deal with…

From the Roundtable: Raise the state gas tax (A columnist can dream, can’t he?)

Missouri needs to increase its tax on gasoline and diesel fuel, which has been stuck…