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Loss limits
By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune Among the disappointments of the recent state legislative session was the failure of a proposal to remove loss limits for casinos.
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Gift from wealthy residents
could help arts in Columbia Editor, the Tribune: I read with interest your article on David White and the misfortune he had while trying to raise money for the renovation of the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts. I recently read in the Missourian that Columbia has two of the wealthiest families in Missouri. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if they would make a generous contribution to this city where they reside - a contribution that would enhance the city and give its residents a welcome gift?
Politics pose stem cell research’s biggest hurdle
By ELLEN GOODMAN By now you might be forgiven for suspecting that science is tinted - if not entirely tainted - by politics. The arguments over evolution and global warming alone are enough to make anyone believe we have red and blue science as well as red and blue states.
Passing on Iowa’s straw poll makes sense
By JULES WITCOVER In this pre-presidential year of wretched political excess, with 10 Republican and eight Democratic declared candidates for the Oval Office, two of the GOP pack - former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Sen. John McCain - have injected a rare dose of sanity.
America becoming new Third Reich
By CHARLEY REESE In reading an excellent book, "Satanic Purses: Money, Myth and Misinformation" by R.T. Naylor (University Press), I suddenly realized why Adolf Hitler was so popular during the first years of his administration.
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