Voices

Homecoming at the University of Missouri was a major tour de force. The exposure of the day’s events on national television programs viewed by millions of college football...

Sunset Lane is a quiet, sloping street lined with modest, well-maintained houses. It’s the first street south of Broadway and runs from West Boulevard a couple of blocks...

A slight uptick in sales tax receipts somewhat brightens the local financial picture, though the even better news is a steep increase in receipts Columbia derives from the...

The numbers swim and dance before us in the most strenuous tome of the late summer — the 600-page budget for the city of Columbia. It’s certainly not...

On July 30, 1953, the Small Business Administration was founded and has since helped millions of American small-business owners find the loans and information they need to be...

The recently announced — presumably temporary — suspension of activity at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts has some of us wondering whether Columbia has the means...

The last time I took a train to Columbia’s Wabash Station was in April 1969. I was one of the last incoming passengers on Norfolk and Western Train...

From the Missouri Department of Agriculture Every Saturday from March through October, shoppers at the Columbia Farmers Market line up to purchase pork chops, roasts, ribs, bacon and...

The recent explosion and fire in Schweitzer Hall on the University of Missouri’s white campus reminds us that the practice of scientific research is fraught with risk. The...

Many small-business owners think that to be successful, they must dominate the world. After all, their product is just as good for people in Ohio as it is...