Voices

A fortnight ago, the Columbia Business Times hosted the first of a series of “Power Lunches” designed to explore significant local issues of interest to the business community....

This time of year, our thoughts turn to spring cleaning. Whether at home or at the office, it is satisfying to spruce up our surroundings. What about sprucing...

There may be a thousand and one reasons why the Columbia school levy failed so miserably a fortnight ago, but there’s no question the matter was talked to...

The talk on the street is that this one is going down in defeat big time on April 8. “This one”is the proposal to raise the property tax...

I recently completed a 35-year career in telecommunications that took me from the main streets of many Missouri communities to the canyons of Wall Street in search of...

It began as a tip from a bank president—the news that government-sponsored mortgage agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae had placed the Columbia metropolitan area on its list...

When it comes to growth and development issues, the Columbia City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission are stumbling around in the dark. They have failed to...

The following is a personal topic inspired by a 25-year anniversary: It was a dream come true for me on Feb. 23, 1983, when my tiny radio station...

There isn’t a municipality anywhere that wasn’t shocked by the shooting rampage a fortnight ago just a few hours’ drive from here in peaceful little old Kirkwood, Mo....

In an earlier article I discussed the neighborhood considerations for abandoning the idea of upgrading the east-side Highway WW to an arterial road. I suggested an organizing principle...