School Violence

• John Darkow

Editorial cartoon by John Darkow

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A win for Gregg Bush is a win for Columbia

• Kristen Richter

Voting for Gregg is voting for the future of Columbia.

STEVEN ROBERTS: Free speech applies to all, not just those we agree with

• Steven Roberts

Intolerance from the left is as ugly — and un-American — as intolerance from the right.

GUEST COMMENTARY: In the transgender culture war, one side doesn't care about truth

• Quinnehtukqut McLamore

Unsubstantiated claims are being adopted as fact by red state governments as pretext to roll back trans rights.

Throw the Ball

• John Darkow

Editorial cartoon by John Darkow

STEVE SPELLMAN

School board candidates offer wide variety of leadership styles

• Steve Spellman

All seven candidates bring something to the table.

Bedtime Prayer

• John Darkow

Editorial cartoon by John Darkow

GUEST COMMENTARY: Suit alleges Ashcroft is hampering ballot initiatives. He's done it before.

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The lawsuit alleges that Ashcroft improperly rejected a proposed citizen ballot initiative about amending the constitution.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Keep the momentum going to fight HIV/AIDS

• Cynthia Levin

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has already helped save 25 million lives.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Gregg Bush wants to make our city even better

• Sarah Ford

He has the capacity to tackle the difficult challenges our city faces with compassion, grace and understanding.

JAY HASHEIDER

Local events offer opportunity to get involved in climate action

• Jay Hasheider

We need to address climate issues on all fronts but working at the local level gives us the power to take action immediately.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The time for fixing and expanding I-70 is now

• Ray McCarty

If legislators can’t agree to tackle the critical problem that is I-70 during record financial surplus, when will they?

EDITORIAL

On colleges campuses, once a free-thinking safe harbor, oppression now reigns

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Even though most feel the university setting encourages viewpoint diversity, the actual exercise of it is a different thing.

Protecting Children

• John Darkow

Editorial cartoon by John Darkow

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A tale of two cities: CPS has fallen from national recognition over last 36 years

• Tanya Heath

In 1987, Hickman High School received the the Department of Education’s Secondary School Recognition Award.

GUEST COMMENTARY

In Pro Wrestling, as in Trump world, it's all kayfabe

• Gene Lyons

Trump expects the MAGA faithful to turn out in thousands to intimidate the Manhattan district attorney.

Hush money for Trump

• John Darkow

Editorial cartoon by John Darkow.

EDITORIAL

How to make this the last banking bailout

• The New York Times

Just as before the 2008 financial crisis, banks have again managed to ring up billions in profits by making risky bets. 

DAVID WEBBER

Following the madness of college basketball

• David Webber

College athletic departments are becoming large marketing machines as both football and basketball change through NIL. 

EDITORIAL

Bernie Sanders holds a Moderna show trial

• The Wall Street Journal

Moderna’s vaccine has proven more durable and protective against severe illness than Pfizer’s in real-world studies.