July 05, 2008

King of Beers? Only in America

By George Kennedy While patriotic Missourians groan at the prospect of an international takover of Anheuser Busch, InBev offers a more diverse and better-tasting selection.

July 02, 2008

Rewarding illegal behavior?

By J. KARL MILLER Red-light cameras should not be delayed any further.

Columbia writer promotes nuclear disarmament

By Bill Wickersham Steven Starr, a long-time Columbia resident, has written journal articles about nuclear disarmament and spoken before the United Nations and other international groups on the topic.

All names are all-American

By David Rosman Names don’t make the American. They shouldn’t separate people just because sometimes they are hard to say.

June 30, 2008

Struggling economy makes apartment life seem attractive

By Rose Nolen Rising prices for gasoline and endless lists of projects have turned the idea of home ownership into a nightmare. In a sound economy, the dissatisfaction would probably never have arisen. On a bright summer day in any other year I would have been horrified if anybody had suggested apartment living to me.

June 29, 2008

Analyzing the Zimbabwe election

By Stuart Loory Robert Mugabe has said only God can oust him as president of Zimbabwe, and he's taken actions to keep it that way.

June 28, 2008

Columbia school system's stakeholders must be included in continuing conversation

By George Kennedy School board members bemoan the fact that there aren't more dollars available for funding the core teacher-pupil mission, but it is not too early to begin scrutinizing budgets for the next year.

June 26, 2008

Journalism will survive, no matter the medium

By David Rosman Mortality is the subject of discussion in the wake of recent celebrity deaths and talk of the possible demise of the Missourian’s printed edition. But the printed word will never die; it will just change its mode of delivery.

June 24, 2008

Voters be wary of presidential candidate’s pledges for change

By J. Karl Miller Miller compares the evolution of Columbia to the changes promised by presidential hopefuls, illuminating the negatives to such action and possible dried-up promises that result.

June 23, 2008

Nine-to-fivers will soldier us out of economic crisis

By Rose Nolen Acknowledgement of the strengths and weaknesses of the diversity between artistic types and those that rely on hard facts and discipline will help us illuminate the traits that can lead us out of the current economic crisis.

June 22, 2008

Global Journalist: Afghan war no longer about al-Qaida but Taliban

By Stuart Loory Journalists take a look at the war in Afghanistan and discuss how it has evolved over the past several years.

June 21, 2008

British politics setting bad examples for U.S.

By George Kennedy Americans should be wary of following Britain’s political stances and protests.

June 19, 2008

Messages of terrorism can lead to unnecessary fear and paranoia

By David Rosman My antenna went up and alarms went off when an unsolicited package addressed to David Rosman arrived at his church.

June 17, 2008

Contain your affinity for fresh produce; fresh produce possible without full-sized gardens

By BARBARA MICHAEL (Web Exclusive) Green thumbs that want fresh vegetables but are restricted by living conditions: there is hope. Growing a garden in a container can be just as good as a regular garden.

McClellan’s book reveals no new information, rehashes Democrats' arguments

By J. KARL MILLER Press secretary Scott McClellan’s book simply rehashes already stated and reviled feelings of the Democrats.

June 16, 2008

Hard times, emergencies make us realize we’re all in this together

By Rose Nolen The neighbor’s house and property should not have to be destroyed by a weather or fire event for people to discover that we are all human beings.

June 15, 2008

Nations uncertain on how to adjust to oil prices

By Stuart Loory While American drivers take the fuel increases in stride and do little to object to record profits by petroleum companies or the inactivity of government in keeping prices down, protests have been growing around the world.

June 14, 2008

Columbia School District should use surplus to pay teachers

By GEORGE KENNEDY The school board showed two budgets to the public at its meeting Thursday. One would cause the teachers to endure a cut in salary.

June 12, 2008

Rating the candidates’ public speaking skills

By DAVID ROSMAN McCain needs to stop smiling so much and return to his impromptu speaking style. With comparisons to Kennedy, Obama’s the man to beat, but his great oratory skills don’t necessarily mean he will win.

June 10, 2008

Civilian review board no help to Police Department

By J. Karl Miller By trying to fix something that wasn’t broken, the civilian review board hampers a sound police department and may slow the search for a new police chief.