Opinion

Mary Still, candidate for the 25th District, is a mentor, teacher and friend.

He says his candidacy is not about building a long career, but making a difference.

As gas hits record highs, speculators are getting richer. Some who have committed financial misdoings are still praised for making a few people rich. It seems money counts for more than people want to think.

Getting hip surgery confirms the fact that Columbia is paradise after dealing with doctors, surgeons and a recovery center staffed by angels.

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Residents shouldn't be upset that trails will be built near their homes.

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.

Tasers make the job of being a police officer a little less hazardous.

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.

Closed-minded persons are restricting the freedoms of others by not looking beyond their own religion.

The economic problems affecting the U.S. are also showing up in the United Kingdom, Spain, Australia and Ireland.

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.

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.

The economic, environmental and recreational benefits of new trails far outweigh the complaints raised by the project’s opposition.

Improved access to advertising, photos, multimedia, stories and blogs are just a few of the improvements being made on ColumbiaMissourian.com.

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.

Watching the disturbing television news on a peaceful Sunday afternoon should cause American policy to mirror John Lennon rather than the current pointless conflict.

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.

The increasing trend of business closures and job cutting in Missouri is a direct effect of current U.S. trade policies.