THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW
Stem cell trickery
By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune
On Tuesday in the General Assembly, stem cell research opponents pulled a fast one to get their resolution out of the House Health Care Policy Committee, where it was bogged down with five members for and five against.

JOHN DARKOW CARTOON

HOMEBOY
Break has evolved to family day
By DOUG PUGH
If you’re reading this on Sunday morning, I’m on my way back from vacation, huddled in an airplane somewhere high above the Southwestern United States. Rather than being invigorated and well-rested, however, I’m more than likely wrenched in a teeth-shattering state of exhausted anxiety and remorse. That’s assuming I’ve managed to survive yet another spring break.

Immigration needs no solution
By CHRIS KELLY
I have a solution to illegal immigration. First, here is my take on the "problem." The entire debate is silly. There is no problem. Self-serving politicians and commentators who make a living stirring up jingoistic prejudice in the populace drive the issue. Unlike those folks, most of whom claim to be conservatives, I believe in the free market.

Horowitz diversifies the language of hate
By KAREN PIPER
The "intellectual diversity" bill now in the Missouri House is a work of strategic deception. 

HB213 opponents should open their minds
By ROLAND MEINERT
The March 18 opinion piece written collaboratively by three University of Missouri-Columbia sociologists in opposition to House Bill 213, which advocates "intellectual diversity" in public universities, was by reasonable standards an attack on the basic decency of the bill’s supporters. 

OPEN COLUMN
City math classes fail to build base for future
Editor, the Tribune: Mathematics and computer science faculty of major universities have been concerned that over the last 40 years the math competence of entering freshmen has consistently deteriorated. I was one of them, and I experienced it firsthand.

OPEN COLUMN
Human acts won’t change natural planetary warming
Editor, the Tribune: My son saw excerpts from Al Gore’s self-aggrandizing "An Inconvenient Truth" in his science class.

OPEN COLUMN
All politics stop at death’s door
Editor, the Tribune: The wrangling that defines Republican and Democrat will continue on the Tribune’s Op-Ed pages for a long time to come, and that is a good thing.

PAID ELECTION LETTER
Skala will be advocate for smart city growth
Editor, the Tribune: Do you believe our tree preservation ordinance should be fixed? 

PAID ELECTION LETTER
Distasteful Holden ad means votes for Wade
Editor, the Tribune: We have received a campaign ad from Mike Holden in which he makes an ad hominem attack on Jerry Wade and proceeds to seriously distort his record on the Planning and Zoning Commission. 

PAID ELECTION LETTER
Mees has seen schools from all points of view
Editor, the Tribune: I want to encourage all Columbia voters to elect Jan Mees to the Columbia public school board on Tuesday. 

PAID ELECTION LETTER
City better because of Hindman’s work
Editor, the Tribune: I have lived in Columbia as a student, professional woman and retired educator. 

PAID ELECTION LETTER
Mees ideal for board because of experience
Editor, the Tribune: Vote for Jan Mees for Columbia school board. Jan Mees has a passion for the Columbia Public Schools. 

PAID ELECTION LETTER
A responsible council would allow expansion
Editor, the Tribune: The election Tuesday gives Columbia the opportunity to balance the city council with both responsible businesspeople and with anti-growth proponents, sometimes referred to as "smart growth." 

PAID ELECTION LETTER
Passion, vision make Skala ideal for council
Editor, the Tribune: Hello, Third Ward voters. Karl Skala is running for city council, giving you a chance to vote for a leader with passion and vision. 

PAID ELECTION LETTER
Hindman merits vote for dedication to city
Editor, the Tribune: I write this letter is support of Mayor Darwin Hindman’s re-election bid.

Compressed primary plan could backfire
By GEORGE F. WILL
"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once."

New Gore campaign a Democrat fantasy
By MICHAEL GOODWIN
No conversation about the presidential campaign is complete these days until someone pops the burning question: Is Al Gore going to run?

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