Voices

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…

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…

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…