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Your Opinion: Downtown 'holes' create unhealthy image Dear Editor: Please permit me to divert attention away from the popgun political warfare that dominates these columns to address a fear I have for our downtown. Published May. 20 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Liberal vs. conservative comparison Dear Editor: Voters think that political differences are simply a clash between "liberals" and "conservatives. Published May. 20 2020 @ 12:05am

CARTOON GALLERY 05-19-20 A sampling of today's editorial cartoons on local and national issues. Published May. 19 2020 @ 12:42pm

Our Opinion: Making the best of graduations amid pandemic Senior years and the ensuing graduations are the stuff of lifetime memories. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has shattered those traditional experiences and memories. by News Tribune Published May. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Foolish for voting for Trump? Dear Editor: No you are not, because let's face it, Trump can be very convincing. Published May. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Masks mostly ineffective Dear Editor: In 1892, Dmitri Ivanovsky discovered that viruses are filterable, which means they can pass through filters. Published May. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Millard plans proper send-off for a hero Dear Editor: I just recently read an article regarding the passing of a veteran, Paul Edwin Hammock, in Columbia. Published May. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

CARTOON GALLERY 05-18-20 A sampling of today's editorial cartoons on local and national issues. Published May. 18 2020 @ 10:50am

Your Opinion: Keeping children healthy during pandemic Dear Editor: In the last few months, our Mid-Missouri communities have made tremendous sacrifices as a result of the novel coronavirus. Published May. 18 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Response to Lyskowski Dear Editor: John Lyskowski raised an interesting point in his May 8 response to my April 30 LTE, where I compared the results of our health care system to the socialized medicine system in Europe nations. Published May. 18 2020 @ 12:05am

Commentary: Dumping Slow Joe The most disgusting thing I've witnessed in a lifetime of observing American politics was the treatment of Brett Kavanaugh, wherein the most basic assumptions of liberalism, including presumptions of innocence, due process and burdens of proof, were abandoned by so-called liberals in an effort to prevent a justice who might threaten Roe v. by Bradley R. Gitz Published May. 18 2020 @ 12:05am

From the editor: Change in LTE policy Two weeks ago, we asked you whether we should change our policy regarding letters to the editor.We asked if we should continue publishing an unlimited number of letters from individual writers, or limit that number. by Gerry Tritz Published May. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Response to Barnhill Dear Editor: Mr. Barnhill is obsessed with claiming that Trump supporters are racists and that Hillary Clinton should have won in 2016. Published May. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Not safe to attend reopening party Dear Editor: Donald Trump and his friends like Gov. Mike Parson are throwing a party. Published May. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Don't like the president? Move. Dear Editor: With all due respect to Mike Barnhill, Tony Smith and Dale Reichel, I have lived through the administration of many presidents in my lifetime, some of whom I disliked. Published May. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

Our Opinion: Chesterfield Hotels offers better MSP proposal Between the two proposals that the Jefferson City Council is considering to redevelop the old Missouri State Penitentiary, the Chesterfield Hotels proposal is clearly the better option. by News Tribune Published May. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

Perspective: History of Scruggs Station railroad stop I am still overwhelmed with the coronavirus in Cole County and reopening my store. I had no idea of what to write about, and no time to write anything. by Sam Bushman, Cole County presiding commissioner Published May. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

Perspective: The Abbreviated Year What a year it's been. And it's only May.For the first time that I can remember, the Missouri General Assembly had to suspend proceedings for approximately a month and a half during the middle of session. by State Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, R-Jefferson City, Mo. Published May. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

Perspective: Budget cuts minimize cuts in services Greetings from the fourth floor of your Missouri Capitol. As I sit here in my office this morning, I can see fishermen in their boats going up and down the river, and kind of wish I could be out there with them. by State Rep. Dave Griffith, R-Jefferson City, Mo. Published May. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Enthusiasm for saving lives should carry over to abortion Dear Editor: I don't want to downplay the seriousness of the coronavirus and all that we are doing to save lives — ourselves and others, but wouldn't it be wonderful if we could generate this much enthusiasm to save the lives of the thousands of babies that are being killed each and every day through abortion? Published May. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Why the right-wing hate for Soros? Mike BarnhillAshlandDear Editor:What’s so evil about George Soros that Republicans attempt to paint him as a satanic demon for contributing to Democrats? There’s always been something highly suspicious about Republicans vilifying the Jewish investment banker and philanthropist as some evil mastermind behind diabolical international political conspiracies. Published May. 16 2020 @ 12:05am

Our Opinion: Wheeler right to hold landlords accountable We support Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler in his attempts to hold absentee landlords accountable for crime on their properties. by News Tribune Published May. 16 2020 @ 12:05am

Perspective: Getting Missouri back up and running Last week, Missouri began the first phase of reopening, and life is starting to go back to normal. Most businesses are open, children's sports will be starting up again, people are out and about, and our state is rebuilding. by U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo. Published May. 16 2020 @ 12:05am