THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW
Commission work
By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune 
A state commission has been at work developing proposals to make Missouri a friendlier state for military personnel. The idea is to encourage national politicians to look upon our state favorably when times come to decide where military installations shall be kept or built.

JOHN DARKOW CARTOON

Vietnam-Iraq parallels too many to ignore
By JULES WITCOVER
How much longer are we going to keep saying that Iraq is not a rerun of Vietnam?

Stench of scandal surrounds president
By DAVID S. BRODER
In its September 2004 issue, the Washington Monthly magazine invited 16 smart political observers - a mix of Republicans, Democrats and independents - to write short essays predicting what would happen if President George W. Bush won a second term.

Pay-for-themselves tax cuts a costly myth
For the past five years, Congress and President George W. Bush have been cutting taxes in the face of huge deficits, all the while peddling a math myth to the public.

Not even lawmakers above law
U.S. House leaders were shocked, shocked, that the FBI searched the office of Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., as part of a criminal investigation. However, their claim that the search was a constitutional breach of the separation of powers is a stretch.

Vacation is opportunity for disaster
By DAVE BARRY
Parents, school is out, which means it’s time to make those summer vacation plans, load up the family car and take off, quickly, before the kids get home.

Democrats caught between liberals, doughfaces
By GEORGE F. WILL
Peter Beinart is an advocate of liberal - not "progressive" - nostalgia. He wants to turn the clock back to 1947 at Washington’s Willard Hotel.

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