Published Thursday, September 11, 2008
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW
Gary Forsee
By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune
Gary Forsee is a new kind of University of Missouri System president. He was chosen for his business acumen, not his experience in the halls of academe.
OPEN COLUMN
VA to help veterans with mental health issues
Editor, the Tribune: Sept. 7 through 13 is Suicide Prevention Awareness Week, which provides an opportunity to promote awareness concerning suicide prevention and how individuals and communities can work together.
OPEN COLUMN
Ritter stepped up to the
challenge in time of need
Editor, the Tribune: Interim Superintendent Jim Ritter is an ethical man. Ritter’s competence, stellar ability to communicate clearly and effectively, and knowledge of the district’s history and current situation landed him his third stint as superintendent of Columbia Public Schools.
OPEN COLUMN
Major employers need
to fund better bus system
Editor, the Tribune: Has the time come for the city of Columbia to collaborate with major employers, such as the University of Missouri, Boone Hospital Center, University Hospital, State Farm and Shelter Insurance Cos., and reduce gasoline consumption by supporting a mass transportation system that will help this country become less dependent upon crude oil?
McCain camp indicates Palin isn’t ready
By E.J. DIONNE JR.
WASHINGTON - John McCain’s campaign acknowledged last weekend that Sarah Palin is unprepared to be vice president or president of the United States.
‘Better off’ question not valid in politics
By GEORGE F. WILL
WASHINGTON - John McCain, who is in what Macbeth called "the sear, the yellow leaf" of life, has revived an oldie from seven elections ago with a campaign commercial asserting: "We’re worse off than we were four years ago." This, of course, derives from Ronald Reagan’s question, addressed to the nation with devastating effect on his opponent, during Reagan’s debate with President Jimmy Carter in 1980.
