“Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…”
While biking on the MKT Trail recently, I got to thinking “who have been the major influences on me?”
Let’s admit that this is a sensitive topic, and the discovery of a pregnancy can instantly redirect one’s life trajectory.
What disappoints me is that many coaches, owners and players knew how Gruden behaved and did nothing about it.
I am a member of the Osage Group (Sierra Club) executive committee. In that role, I’d submitted a motion that would ask the Climate and Environment Commission of the Columbia City Council to investigate several matters. The motion had passed unanimously.
The $25 million funds provide what may be a once-in-a-generation opportunity to better address our homeless problems.
I enjoy reading the works of our local columnists in the Missourian. If I agree, I smile and move on. If I disagree, I usually smile and move on. But I respectfully disagree with Steve Spellman’s column from Sept. 15. I believe the actions being taken by President Biden are neither authorita…
Net-zero has become the holy grail of climate action. It is a way of describing the goal of eliminating the amount of greenhouse gases that are added to the atmosphere.
We are saddened by Gov. Parson's lack of wisdom and compassion, and we mourn following the execution of Ernest Lee Johnson.
This is the sorry state we are now in, that people devoted to taking care of ill patients are being victimized.
The most obvious symptom of the stupid virus is the effusion of hot air. Quarantining may be required.
The challenge of collective action is that we’re all in this together, but we’re also sometimes stuck with each other.
One issue was the proposal to remove murals from the Boone County Courthouse. The other was criticism of a high school class.
Register to vote. This is now your town, and you are our political future.
Last Friday, Mayor Brian Treece announced he will not seek reelection next April. To many of us, this was shocking news.
There are opinionated disagreements happening that are based on fictionalized facts.
Many of her daily observations published in weekly columns have insights that are still relevant today.
Now that the carrot and stick approach has run its course, it has become time to start waiving the hammer.
Wildfires are more intense and more widespread and hurricanes more dangerous because of climate change.
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