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From the Roundtable: Power Brokers should engage in constructive, not destructive, activity

One of the most intriguing mysteries within any community is figuring out who has the…

Guest Column: Simplicity key for successful online marketing strategy

For most small-business owners and marketing professionals, the phrase “online marketing strategy” prompts a cringe.…

Guest Column: City parking garage with retail space gives city unfair advantage

Recently, I have given a lot of thought to the plans for the city’s mixed-use…

From the Roundtable: Economic recovery will require realistic cooperation from all sides

Peering into 2009 leaves me uncertain about local economic conditions given the huge financial upheaval…

Guest Column: Legislature must view the current economic climate as opportunity

The top news stories each week are not mistaken-like every other state, Missouri is feeling…

Guest Column: Cuts to higher education will hurt Missouri’s economy

For the past two years, higher education in Missouri earned a grade point average just…

From the Roundtable: Keep Historical Society in Columbia, even if it takes eminent domain

Forty years ago, the city directory listed 227 S. Sixth St. as the address of…

From the Roundtable: Stop red-light cameras, green-light count-down signals and get in sync

Worth noting are a couple of interesting segments last week during KFRU’s “Morning Meeting” while…

From the Roundtable: City, university join businesses in cutting expenses during downturn

Sometimes I feel like a canary in a coal mine. That was the caged bird…

From the Roundtable: The lines in the battle of West Broadway are drawn once more

The word libraried may not be in the dictionary, but that’s the term one KFRU…

From the Roundtable: Building demolition waiting period could clash with owner’s rights

Very few communities have evaded the demolition of historic buildings. Sometimes they’re deemed historic before…

Guest Column: Small businesses provide good barometer of nation’s economic health

When I need a good barometer of the nation’s economic health, I read the news…