THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW Campaign finance
By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune
When the Missouri Supreme Court threw out recent legislation banning campaign contribution limits, candidates suddenly wondered whether they could keep excess donations and lawmakers were given reason to doubt the court’s judgment about their intentions.
Grass roof would set a good example
By KEN MIDKIFF Before we all act like lemmings and jump off a cliff, let’s take a relatively objective look at the proposal to cover the new city hall roof with grass.
Supreme Court parses hairs of free speech
By GEORGE WILL In January 2002, in Juneau, Alaska, Joseph Frederick had the sort of idea that makes a teenager seem like one of nature’s mistakes. Last month, after five years and the attention of 13 federal judges, Frederick became a footnote in constitutional history.
OPEN COLUMN Sentences for driving drunk must be harsher Editor, the Tribune: The drunken driving dispositions were listed in Saturday’s Tribune, and of the 11 people listed, 10 were given suspended sentences, including four who were "persistent offenders."
OPEN COLUMN Research too vital to stay in Missouri Editor, the Tribune: The Stowers Institute needs to pack it in and go to another state. Its work is too important to be held up just because it is trying to do it in Missouri.
OPEN COLUMN Social welfare association
works for all Missourians Editor, the Tribune: The July 5 posting on Republican Party John Hancock’s Web site Missouri Pulse.com, "MO Media Watch: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back," makes the suggestion that the Missouri Association for Social Welfare (MASW) is an operative for Jay Nixon’s gubernatorial campaign.
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