THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW
Civil unions
By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune
The debate continues - this time in Connecticut’s highest court, where gay couples are challenging a recent decision by the state not to grant their right to marry.

‘Death Lab’ isn’t the growth we need
By KEN MIDKIFF
"Unfortunately the city council does not see the urgency in promoting good economic growth in our community. Therefore, I would appreciate your support in signing the petition at the Web address below. 

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McCaskill, Democrats should show backbone
Editor, the Tribune: This is a letter sent to Sen. Claire McCaskill:

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System that lets criminals roam the streets is flawed
Editor, the Tribune: Recently it has come to my attention that one can be arrested multiple times and still walk the streets of Columbia.

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War apologists like West spread half-truths as fact
Editor, the Tribune: The article on Haditha by Diana West starts correctly by saying that a Marine convoy was hit by an IED, killing one Marine and wounding two.

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Education incomplete if it leaves out poetry
Editor, the Tribune: Recently, a local schoolboy was awarded a prize for a poem he composed. Joseph Brodsky, Soviet dissident and Nobel laureate, proposed that all high school freshmen should be presented with the gift of a volume of American verse.

Union’s assertion of rights wrongs workers
By GEORGE F. WILL
WASHINGTON - Democracy is rule by persuasion, but the unpersuasive often try to coerce the unpersuaded. 

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