| Home "/ |
News "/ |
More to the message Point of View columnist Colleen Carroll Campbell takes a look at the message missed by the media in the pope's address at World Youth Day. |
editorials |
An online back fence Debbie lives just a block from where it happened, but didn't realize at the time that a 20-year-old man had been gunned down on the street the night before. "We didn't hear a thing," she wrote in a note on the neighborhood's listserv, an automated e-mail distribution service. |
Profit/patient relationship |
MSD: Approve the bonds |
Charter chaos, charter chances |
Gunshots on Zephyr Place |
Closed? Not so fast |
Bus route |
Medicare and leftovers |
Missouri governor |
Pimp my glide |
Party poopers |
Build the St. Charles rec center. |
More coverage punch line local columns |
Race and remembrance After 91 years, a tragedy still echoes |
U.S. 'policy of cruelty' has damaged national security |
"Big head, big laugh, huge heart" |
Senate Intel report: Bush used every trick in the book |
MOHELA: Is it even worth saving? |
The murky truths of Florida 2000 — and beyond |
Internet pioneer, privacy hero |
To the Pentagon, not all veterans are created equal |
"The Predator State" The perils of the not-so-free market |
CARPE LOOT 'EM |
Noory the Nighthawk in 2012 |
"Look adversity in the eye" |
For the Rams: A (very) subprime loan |
'Sex and the City': Not vapid. Really. |
the platform |
Early reaction to Obama’s Berlin speech |
Energy issue could decide election |
Goldberg gets an assist from Serbian war criminal |
An online back fence |
Thursday editorial: Profit/patient relationship |
Leftover takeout rice |
Private security. What’s it worth? |
That’s just not right |
|
|---|
| Four worthy candidates seek state treasurer nomination - 07/24/2008 06:58 PM CDT Missouri Democratic voters have four exceptional choices in the primary election Aug. 5 for state treasurer, one of the few instances where an abundance of talent seeks one job. |
Leawood sales tax is worth the investment - 07/24/2008 07:00 PM CDT Over the last eight years Leawood residents have benefited from road and stormwater improvements financed by a one-eighth-cent sales tax. |
ENDORSEMENTS MIDWEST VOICES Friday's editorial: Leawood sales tax worth the investment |
Friday editorial: Zweifel for Missouri treasurer |
Who do you like for elected office? Join the discussion |
The many political lives of Chriof Chris Koster |
UNFETTERED LETTERS Drilling for oil in ANWR |
Electric cars use surplus power |
Motorcyclists must respect cars |
Candidates' strengths and weaknesses |
CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRES Answers in their own words JUDGE'S OPINION Click for a larger version of the cartoon. View Lee Judge's recent cartoons Editorial cartoons across McClatchy LEE JUDGE'S BLOG The U.S. military has an announcement... |
McCain adviser Phil Gramm calls us a nation of whiners... |
People are intrigued by how Radovan Karadzic lived in the open... |
Republicans get mad at the media... |
Barbara Shelly Is Koster ambitious for himself or for the people? By BARBARA SHELLY The Kansas City Star Chris Koster is visible in Missouri these days as a lavishly financed Democrat vying for the party’s nomination in the attorney general’s race. Previous Columns |
A vote for the JoCo sales tax is one for public safety - 07/24/2008 07:09 CDT By ANNABETH SURBAUGH, Special to The Star |
A Goliath in Pennsylvania faces a challenge from a David - 07/24/2008 07:06 CDT By MICHELLE MALKIN, Creators Syndicate Inc. |
PRO-CON: Does a return to a uniform 55-mph highway speed limit make sense? YES - 07/24/2008 07:12 CDT |
PRO-CON: Does a return to a uniform 55-mph highway speed limit make sense? NO - 07/24/2008 07:12 CDT |
U.S. Excerpts: A weak ethics code; Snow’s legacy - 07/24/2008 07:02 CDT |
A vote for the JoCo sales tax is one for public safety - 07:09 PM CDT |
All of us must work to counter domestic violence - 08:44 PM CDT |
Kids with autism deserve community’s support - 08:54 PM CDT |
Drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf is not a panacea - 09:41 PM CDT |
Helping people to stay independent - 07:25 PM CDT |
More MORE VIEWS PRO-CON: Does a return to a uniform 55-mph highway speed limit make sense? YES - 07/24/2008 07:12 PM CDT |
PRO-CON: Does a return to a uniform 55-mph highway speed limit make sense? NO - 07/24/2008 07:12 PM CDT |
U.S. Excerpts: A weak ethics code; Snow’s legacy - 07/24/2008 07:02 PM CDT |
Global Excerpts: Divisions in Belgium; annoying restriction - 07/24/2008 07:04 PM CDT |
Blog Bits: Government help, compassion for a killer? - 07/24/2008 07:12 PM CDT |
A heavyweight fight over who protects KCI - 07/23/2008 08:36 PM CDT |
LETTERS and VOICES COLUMNISTS #realcities_links a, #realcities_links2 a {font-weight:bold;} #realcities_links li, #realcities_links2 li {margin-bottom:5px;} Yael T. Abouhalkah |
Derek Donovan Readers' Representative |
E. Thomas McClanahan |
Mary Sanchez |
Barbara Shelly |
Lewis W. Diuguid |
Miriam Pepper |
Laura Scott |
Stephen Winn |
|
|---|
| Hearing held on fence, zoning to resolve issue In an ongoing dispute between business owners in a historic shopping center and one new tenant, the city held a hearing July 16. |
Fenced area in shopping center may violate codes |
Fence proves unpopular Our Voice |
CU wise to offer savings incentive |
In this space in the past, we've raised questions about the propriety of local governments donating to nonprofit agencies. |
More serious bad driving habits found in Springfield |
I'm Glenn Brown, a Springfield resident since late 2005. I was born and raised in Jackson, Mich., and moved to Springfield following a 22-year distinguished career in the U.S. Air Force, three years as a manager with Intel Corp. |
|
|---|
| Fitting salute Missouri could soon join the states that put flags at half-staff when a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine dies in the line of duty. |
Student was amazing in her senior recital Wilbur K. Sartwell |
Outgoing City Council member's observation Charles E. Rich |
On sounding sirens, better safe than sorry Gary Woods |
|
|---|
| Letter: An apology for lack of notification By Tom Dresner/Interim Chief of Police and Bill Watkins/City Manager On behalf of the city of Columbia, and the Columbia Police Department, we wish to publicly apologize to the Harris family, and to the customers of their business who were present on the evening of July 16 and affected by our activity. |
GetAbout trails close to homes should not cause concern By TIM KRIDEL, Columbia Residents shouldn"t be upset that trails will be built near their homes. |
We should trust the police to use Tasers safely and fairly By J. Karl Miller Tasers make the job of being a police officer a little less hazardous. |
Panhandling should be illegal in Columbia By Darrell Black, Columbia Panhandlers don’t deserve my money I work hard for. Keep these people off the streets, Columbia Police Department. They are a menace to society. |
Diverse religions must accept each other, stop pushing beliefs on others By Rose Nolen Closed-minded persons are restricting the freedoms of others by not looking beyond their own religion. |
U.S. exports economic problems By Stuart Loory The economic problems affecting the U.S. are also showing up in the United Kingdom, Spain, Australia and Ireland. |
The British hear more about the U.S. than we are about them By George Kennedy Much of the news from Britain is similar to the U.S., including the problems with the economy and violence. A main difference is that knives instead of guns are used in the British killings. |
Five Ideas: What are your thoughts on these items in the news this week? By Sarah Koci This week, we ask readers to weigh in on InBev"s purchase of Anheuser-Busch, Tasers for the Columbia Police Department, Columbia"s drinking water woes and more. |
Letter: Trails are great for residents and property owners By Ian Thomas, executive director, The PedNet Coalition The economic, environmental and recreational benefits of new trails far outweigh the complaints raised by the project’s opposition. |
The Columbia Missourian is updating its interactive Web site By Tom Warhover Improved access to advertising, photos, multimedia, stories and blogs are just a few of the improvements being made on ColumbiaMissourian.com. |
Student vote on board of curators would lead to positive results By Craig Stevenson, chairman ASUM Board, Columbia The chairman of ASUM, the student lobbying organization, say ASUM did not "agitate" legislators into passing the bill to allow a student curator to vote as a George Kennedy column said. |
‘Give peace a chance’ By David Rosman Watching the disturbing television news on a peaceful Sunday afternoon should cause American policy to mirror John Lennon rather than the current pointless conflict. |
Mary Still is strong candidate for state representative By Monica Miller, Columbia Support of Missouri schools is support of Missouri’s future; Mary Still, running for the 25th seat in the Missouri House of Representatives, supports both. |
Current trade policies need changes to return trade efficiency to U.S. By Darin Gilley The increasing trend of business closures and job cutting in Missouri is a direct effect of current U.S. trade policies. |
‘Welfare’ is a misused term By Tracy Greever Rice, Columbia The Monday article ‘Circles Help People Looking To Get Out of Poverty’ says the Temporary Assistance for Program for needy families was formerly known as welfare. But "welfare" is a generic term, not the name of a real program. |
Evening garden offers oasis after a day of work By BARBARA MICHAEL Our eyes see differently at night, and colors tend to take on a different look. An evening garden relies heavily on flowers that are white or light-colored and so are visible even on a moonless night. |
Patriotism shouldn’t be questioned, just taught By J. Karl Miller Whether one exhibits symbols on his or her clothing, automobile or residence has absolutely nothing to do with patriotism. |
Letter: Discussion must be led without anonymity to have impact By JULIA WILLIAMS, Columbia No one should be ashamed of statements made during a discussion that was for the public"s benefit. |
Patriotism is not seen in actions of Americans By Rose Nolen Most people believe that practicing the rules of good citizenship is proof enough of their patriotism. |
Bush won’t leave much of a legacy at G-8 By Stuart Loory The G-8 nations pledged to lower gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050, which is considered too long-term of a target. |
Older stories |
|
|---|
| THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW The 23rd District By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune In the race to succeed Jeff Harris as state representative in the 23rd District, Steve Webber is running against Cande Iveson. |
TRIB TALK |
OPEN COLUMN Editorial misrepresents judges’ support in election Editor, the Tribune: We are concerned about your Saturday editorial indicating a candidate "has the support of the local judiciary." |
OPEN COLUMN New Callaway plant costs the community too much Editor, the Tribune: Hank Waters lauds the proposed Callaway II as "the biggest economic boost in our state history" because the proposed plant is so expensive - estimates range from $6 billion to more than $10 billion. Economic benefit to one, however, is economic cost to another. In the case of Callaway II, the costs would be borne by millions of Ameren ratepayers. |
OPEN COLUMN Waters’ comments might come back to haunt him Editor, the Tribune: Waters’ evaluation of the Democratic candidates vying for the Ninth U. S. Congressional District seat and subsequent endorsement of Judy Baker to succeed Kenny Hulshof is a reasonable one, particularly for those of that political persuasion. I am not one of those; however, she is an attractive candidate in intellect and ability, as well as in appearance. |
OPEN COLUMN Blame the administration for problems in schools Editor, the Tribune: Do we fire them? Did we elect people who could address the complexities of governing a school system in these complex times, or did we elect people who we liked, who we thought might serve some special interest? |
OPEN COLUMN Political contributions are essentially votes in election Editor, the Tribune: J. Scott Christianson, vice chairman of the Boone County Democratic Central Committee, wrote about Rex Sinquefield’s political contributions and how they affected votes in the General Assembly. A study tracked two of Sinquefield’s pet issues, which "shows a strong correlation between campaign contributions and votes, not necessarily a casual relationship." |
American independence is homegrown By ELLEN GOODMAN SCARBOROUGH, Maine - It’s been decades since that famous forager Euell Gibbons reached through the White House fence and picked four edible weeds out of the president’s garden. This is not something that the Secret Service would recommend you try today. |
STAY IN TOUCH The Tribune welcomes your comments on issues, and we offer several ways to contact us. |
|
|---|
| Small wins add up A ranking officer in the state's health care cost battle visited St. Joseph recently to report progress on the front on uninsured Missourians. 11/1/2007 1:50:00 AM |
Planning for the future Problem solving is a great test for the mettle of a community. 10/27/2007 1:50:00 AM |
Risk management Some crimes deserve more attention because they are quite frankly, and pardon the pun, more shocking. 10/26/2007 1:50:00 AM |
Investing in success The Midtown community picked up its $200,000 check this month for its third year in the federal Weed and Seed program. The new money will go toward increasing law enforcement (weeding) and assisting various community programs (seeding) in the Midtown area. 10/25/2007 1:50:00 AM |
Consistency is the target The city of St. Joseph finds itself in an odd variation on the common symptom facing many teens. It is an old town with all the benefits - a rich history and great architecture - that come with that distinction. 10/24/2007 1:50:00 AM |
McCaskill stays on task The august U.S. Senate spent more time this month than imaginable spewing about what should be done to conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh for allegedly using the term "phony soldier." 10/23/2007 1:50:00 AM |
Opportunity from a tragedy Big opportunities can spring from equally big problems if we are paying attention. 10/22/2007 1:50:00 AM |
Council pulls its support Bureaucrats and consultants speak a language of their own. It's more than just jargon. 10/21/2007 1:50:00 AM |
Solving the sewer stink City officials always trot out a list of "comparable cities" whenever they want to justify a pay raise for this or that office. It is a standard practice. And Lee's Summit is routinely on those lists. 10/20/2007 1:50:00 AM |
Clouding a campaign A smoking ban for St. Joseph would appear to fall in the no-brainer category. The health benefits are obvious. The general acceptance of similar bans in other communities is encouraging. 10/19/2007 1:50:00 AM |
This fight wears on fans Boxing is a brutal sport. Two men beat on each other until one is knocked out. And whether the boxing fan thinks about it or not, his or her ticket pays for both combatants. 10/18/2007 1:50:00 AM |
A shocker from the auditor State Auditor Susan Montee's report on Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority's books is overflowing with shocking revelations. 10/17/2007 1:50:00 AM |
St. Joseph gets two gifts Wes and Patsy Remington gave St. Joseph two gifts last week. You be the judge as to which gift is more important. 10/16/2007 1:50:00 AM |
Bargaining battle? The firefighters union here bristles at the suggestion it wants to enter collective bargaining with the city to improve union wages, collect on overtime pay or do anything that might trigger a cutback of fire services. 10/14/2007 1:50:00 AM |
Double-deck construction No matter how hard you try sometimes, you can't make everyone happy. Just ask the good people at the Missouri Department of Transportation. 10/13/2007 1:50:00 AM |
|
|---|
| In our view: Hits & misses Hit: Isn’t it great that 12 people have stepped forward to be considered to fill the unexpired term of former Zone 4 City Councilman Jon Tupper? .... |
Voices: $3.55 a gallon Wake up, Joplin gasoline stations. I purchased gasoline in Cassville on Sunday at $3.55 a gallon. Isn’t it time you caught up with the smaller towns in Missouri? |
In our view: Four-day workweek worth try It could be “TGIT” as in “Thank God It’s Thursday” for Miami city employees if the Miami City Council approves a proposal to shut down City Hall on Fridays. |
Voices: Facts As our late President Ronald Reagan once said, “There you go again.” What is absent in the letters “Don’t let this happen” and “Start by voting,” (Globe, July 16) is facts. |
Voices: Thanks, Kenny The governor position is one that should be highly respected. I would like to know how Sarah Steelman plans on having that respect when all she can seem to do is negatively attack her opponent. |
Voices: Save our freedom I truly agree with Marilyn Beasley’s letter (Globe, June 30) that we need to make our voices heard. |
Voices: Breathe in, breathe out I believe the liberals are missing a great opportunity. I propose that an oxygen/nitrogen tax be enacted. If you breathe more than your predetermined allotment of atmospheric air, you should be fined heavily. |
Voices: Pay respectable wage There are a lot of good people out there who would make very good employees. They need a good job to keep their lives in order. Too bad companies don’t seem to see the obvious. |
Guest column: Former Joplin officer defends actions I do not feel that my response to the continued assault by David Neal was inappropriate or excessive at all. I used what I believe to be the least amount of force necessary to prevent any continued assaults on myself or others. |
In our view: Up close and personal So, what do county fairs, ice-cream socials and watermelon feeds have to do with elected offices? |
Voices: Locked up Any reasonable, informed person knows there are huge deposits of oil and natural gas in Alaska’s Arctic Natural Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). |
Voices: Overcome our fear Even though a few more people are now becoming pro-immigrant, most Americans are still opposed to helping make illegal immigrants legal U.S. citizens. Most still favor massive deportations, an action that breaks up families and is not typical of the way our country normally acts or treats people. |
Voices: Immigration The United States has received a larger number of immigrants than any other country in the world. By 2008 “immigrants” to the United States number more than 300 million — because we’re all immigrants! Even the ostensible “Native Americans” migrated from Asia across the Bering Strait “land bridge” to the North American continent. One of my ancestors emigrated from England on the ship “Fortune” (second to Plymouth after the “Mayflower”) and others were “Scotch-Irish,” Germans, French and Swiss. |
Voices: Just a thought When I was a kid in elementary school, our class read a short story titled “The Man Without a Country.” I recall thinking that such a thing had to be impossible since everyone lived in a country somewhere. After reading the story, I thought I had been given a lesson on patriotism and love of country. Sixty-plus years later, I am sure I am a patriot and I love my country. Apparently, not everyone appreciates many of the things many people do to show their patriotism and love of country. We wave flags at parades because the flag is a symbol of many characteristics of our country; land of the free; home of the brave, etc. |
Voices: Close the loophole As I understand it, there is currently a loophole — often referred to as the “Enron loophole” — that allows individuals and entities to trade in commodity futures contracts when they do not intend to, or even have the ability to, take possession of the commodity. I also keep hearing that the president, Congress, etc., don’t have a “magic wand,” can’t do anything because their hands are tied, etc., to address the skyrocketing prices of fuel, electricity and natural gas. |
Vocies: Pluralistic society I read in The Joplin Globe that Muslim doctors at Freeman Health System have to have their own prayer room. I thought Freeman Hospital was started as a Methodist hospital — a Christian institution. I know there was already a prayer chapel in the hospital. Why should there now be a Muslim prayer room? Can’t the doctors pray in the same room with Christians? Do they pray to a different God? |
Voices: Hulshof on right track |
Voices: Great summer for reading |
Our View: The view from here We have had the vantage point — literally — of being able to watch the development of downtown Joplin. Let’s say it’s been a welcome improvement. Just when we thought the sidewalk and streetscape improvements in the 100 and 200 blocks of Main Street would never be finished, bricks, trees and benches were delivered to put the last touches on the project that makes the north entry into Joplin far more inviting. |
Voices: Column rebuttal Allen Shirley, guest columnist (Globe, July 11), found my June 2 column to be “rather convoluted and impossible to follow logically.” Let us see why Mr. Shirley had such difficulties. He maintains that I said, “. . . anyone pointing out the failings of the opposing party is a bigot.” This charge is untrue. The concept offered in my article was that people with preconceived opinions, such as loyal party members, who are blindly intolerant of the beliefs of others — are bigots. |
Voices: Contradictions |
Voices: Time is running out A dangerous head-in-the-sand approach to this presidential election by both the electorate and the media risks the end of our free and sovereign nation as we have always known it! Why is no presidential candidate, no talk-show host and no television news anchor raising questions about a fast-approaching nation and world-changing development in one-world government? |
Other views: Work force Rod Nunn has a compelling message for any Missouri student in high school or college that bears repeating. The state’s first director of education and work force innovation has a ready reply when a student asks what he or she needs to do now to compete for a good job in the future. When asked, he in essence replies, “Good question!” Nunn isn’t trying to avoid giving a straight answer. |
In our view: Applause for Leon Some six months before a Missouri Southern International Piano Competition was held, we would receive a call from Vivian Leon. |
Carol Stark: Official has ‘no-excuses’ attitude If you’re a Joplin High School dropout or if you struggled to make it across the stage to accept your diploma, new R-8 Superintendent C.J. Huff believes he can learn from you. |
Voices: Justice? I’m sure by now everyone is tired of hearing about the ex-police officer who got 15 days in jail (even after the prosecutor recommended one year) for buying vodka for the young girl who later died in a car accident. |
Dave Woods: Readers debate hospital’s prayer room Religious intolerance is alive and well in the Globe’s online story comments section. A little more than a week ago, the Globe published a story about Freeman Health System’s decision to designate a room at the hospital’s west centre to meet the spiritual needs of its Muslim doctors, staff and patients. |
Voices: Pride for new home Being born with an aluminum grain shovel instead of the proverbial silver spoon, I was obliged to work nights this past Independence Day. |
Voices: Campaign of the people I have been working closely with Bob’s (Bob Marshall for Kansas Senate) campaign, and I can tell you that he is maintaining an arduous campaign schedule reaching out to the voters throughout the district in every town hall, VFW post, cafe or living room into which he is invited where people can ask him face to face where he stands on issues. |
Guest column: Thefts put lives, service in jeopardy The theft of copper wire and other metal equipment and components continues to be a problem for everyone. |
Guest column: Wider public must raise voices against CAFOs How many roads must a man go down in Missouri before he finds a chicken or hog-confined-animal-feeding operation? The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind and tricklin’ down the streams. |
Guest column: Fiction comes with realistic warning I have a friend in Taos, N.M., who has written an interesting piece of fiction. Compelling might be a better word. She calls her novel “Latitude 38.” |
Youth view: Signs of progress A new report about a self-assured Iraqi general may be a sign of progress in the Iraq War. General Wajih Hameed has a swagger that sometimes grates on American officers, according to a report this week from The Associated Press. |
Voices: This will not solve our problems Ron Hutchison, we should clear up a few facts about the motives of the Republican party and those bad old Democrats who have insisted, to the chagrin of big oil and corporate world, that we need to be forever vigilant of defecating in our own house. |
Guest column: Undefined change is just plain scary With all the talk about the need for governmental change that has been circulating in our current presidential campaign, I have been reminded of an incident that took place in my life about 28 years ago when I was in Pasadena, Calif. |
Voices: Weighing in on veepstakes Let me revisit my letter of March 14 in which I predicted who the nominees on the big tickets in November of both political parties would be. I now must admit that I was a bit off. |
In our view: Hits & Misses Hit: Lamar City Manager Lynn Calton said that the city will likely trim water bills in the next cycle to compensate customers who went without water for several days during a boil order issued to high turbidity levels. Officials at Missouri American Water should take note. |
Voices: Commendable I want to commend Freeman Health System for the addition of the Muslim prayer room at Freeman Hospital. |
Voices: Chapel accommodates all The front-page article of the Saturday, July 12, Joplin Globe regarding establishing a special prayer room for the Muslim worshipers was indeed a shocking news item, that as the writer said would find many opponents to this action by the hospital. |
Voices: Irresponsible speculation A few weeks ago, crude oil dropped $10 or so per barrel, and the experts calmly pronounced this a real trend that would be followed after July 1 with a corresponding decrease of a quarter or so per gallon at the pump. |
|
|---|
| Your Opinion Greed on both sides Dear Editor: I totally agree with the letter from Carl Voss that appeared in the July 20 edition regarding the KRCG vs DISH network situation. |
Your Opinion ‘Getterdone' effort Dear Editor: A very nice job. If you've been to the north Missouri river access you've seen the work that has been done by Joe Wilson. |
|
|---|
| Tackling litter |
High e-mail standard |
Wonderful reunion |
Speak Out 7/24/08 |
|
|---|
|
[Missouri Digital News is produced by the State Government Reporting Program of the Missouri School of Journalism (home of the The Journalist's Creed) with support from the Missouri Press Association, the Missouri Broadcasters' Association, KMOX Radio in St. Louis and KSMU Radio in Springfield.
You can contact MDN at . MDN was designed and is managed by Phill Brooks] |
