Voices

Mike Matthes: So, Why a City Manager?

Almost three score and ten years ago (no kidding), Columbia voters discarded the political party…

A Calm Between Storms

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

Peter Stiepleman: From Generation to Generation

The story I am going to relate to you is really a parable. It speaks…

The Retail Wheel Spins On

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

CPS Will Never Be the Same

Each year, I like to thank my team for the work they do with a…

Peter Stiepleman: Do the Math for Student Success

Last week, my fifth-grader son brought home a math assignment. My middle son and mathematics…

Double Down for MU

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

Peter Stiepleman: Constructing Successful Students

Every morning, long before the sun rises, I wearily make my way downstairs. And before…

#Como2Gaines

No person should have to start a business trip at 3 a.m. Nevertheless, that’s what…

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…