Published Sunday, January 11, 2009
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW
Police chief selection
By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune
Five candidates have been named as finalists to become Columbia’s next chief of police. The selection process has included a public announcement of the finalists with their résumés, and tomorrow they will meet the public t 6 p.m. at the Activity & Recreation Center on West Ash Street.
JOHN DARKOW CARTOON
OPEN COLUMN
Red light cameras are
a simplistic approach
Editor, the Tribune: My first observation: Why isn’t there a left turn signal at Worley and Providence?
It’s not hard to understand why someone trying to turn left would run the light at this location.
OPEN COLUMN
Boone chooses money
over the mentally ill
Editor, the Tribune: I was laid off from Boone Hospital Center, and I’m disappointed how the Tribune missed it in the Dec. 27 story "Center gives voice to hope."
Fifth building fund
could benefit state
By CHRIS KELLY
Economic conditions are pressuring the federal and state governments to create jobs and stimulate economic activity.
I am considering a proposal for a fifth state building fund.
HOT FLASHES
Grins beat long faces by a smile
By SHARON HARL
I can sure tell the holidays are over. I went to the mall recently and couldn’t find a friendly face. The jovial "Merry Christmas!" "Happy holidays!" and "Season’s greetings!" have changed to gruff "I’m in a hurry," "Excuse YOU!" and "Out of my way!"
Senate ‘spectacle’ goes according to script
By JOHN KASS
If Senate Republicans had truly wanted to make Tombstone Burris’ march on Washington a spectacle to bedevil the Democrats, here’s what they would have done.
War in Gaza signals Israel’s strength
By MONA CHAREN
It was lost amid the news of Israel’s counterattack on Hamas in the past few days, but Hamas’ leadership passed several new laws for Gaza in December.
Idaho’s freshman lawmaker no young spud
By DAVID BRODER
On the opening day of Congress, the elevator deposited me on the fifth floor of the Longworth House Office Building, where, as I expected, the parties celebrating the hard-fought November election victories had spilled out of the offices and filled the corridor with revelry worthy of New Year’s Eve.
Panetta pick signals new direction for CIA
This appeared Thursday in the Miami Herald.
If President-elect Barack Obama wanted to send a message that change is coming to the Central Intelligence Agency, he could hardly have done better than to pick someone with Leon Panetta’s know-how and experience as the next director.
