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It is said that the Balkans in southeast Europe “produce more history then they can consume.” I feel that right now the United States is producing more…
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Until I was eight years old I lived on the edge of a small town in eastern Illinois. Every morning I looked out on big sky and corn or corn stubble. I…
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During the Easter egg hunt my two-year-old grandson announced that he had found a rooster egg. This got me thinking: What are some fascinating but…
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I tell my students at Columbia College that when they are finished with this class and they don’t know if I’m a Democrat or a Republican, a conservative…
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I have not read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ novel Love in the Time of Cholera and it appears the plot doesn’t have much to do with disease, but it certainly…
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The president, a New Yorker, wins a very close and bitterly contested election and flips the party holding the White House. His first term is…
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The Missouri Department of Transportation’s chronic lack of funding isn’t very surprising anymore. Just last November, Missouri voters rejected…
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Here’s a quick poll: Are the media in the United States biased? If your answer is “It depends,” congratulations. You have a promising future as a…
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In a scathing letter to Facebook this week, Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, along with three of his Republican colleagues, renewed his criticism of...
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The local group Race Matters, Friends is calling for the resignation of Columbia Public Schools’ chief equity officer Carla London.The group officially…