CoMo Street Gazette

10/21/2025

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, October 19, 2025 Retired Judge Gary Oxenhandler’s “The Life of a Murder” is a riveting telling of the events between the disappearance of Rebecca “Becky” Doisy on Aug. 5, 1976, and the sentencing of Johnny Wright for second-degree murder on April 11, 2011, in Columbia. Even before recent downtown shootings and road rage incidents, Columbia has had its share of high-profile murder trials....

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, October 19, 2025 Retired Judge Gary Oxenhandler’s “The Life of a Murder” is a riveting telling of the events between the disappearance of Rebecca “Becky” Doisy on…

10/10/2025

David Webber, COLUMBIAMISSOURIAN, October 3, 2025 I have been imagining the kind of class discussions I would have in my Mizzou political science class if Charlie Kirk was enrolled. Let’s imagine it was 2018 — two years after his first book, “Time for a Turning Point,” when he was 22. He had only completed one year of college, so he may have gone back to school....

David Webber, COLUMBIAMISSOURIAN, October 3, 2025 I have been imagining the kind of class discussions I would have in my Mizzou political science class if Charlie Kirk was enrolled. Let’s imagine i…

09/21/2025

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, September 21, 2025 I have been recovering from a stroke for the past 16 months. I wrote about having a stroke three months after that event and was optimistic that I would be typing and running or biking by now. I am not. I cannot type, so I have learned to dictate my essays and emails. I can walk about a mile on the MKT Trail, but walking in public, such as at the public library, presents several obstacles I was hereto unaware of....

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, September 21, 2025 I have been recovering from a stroke for the past 16 months. I wrote about having a stroke three months after that event and was opti…

09/15/2025

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, September 12, 2025 The Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid of a Hyundai-LG plant in southern Georgia last week should raise concern not only about the Trump administration‘s immigration policy, but also how we relate to our allies. South Korea is one of our most reliable and strategically important allies who deserve our best treatment. Because of its geographic location, South Korea is critical in balancing China and North Korea in northeast Asia....

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, September 12, 2025 The Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid of a Hyundai-LG plant in southern Georgia last week should raise concern not only about the Trump …

08/30/2025

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, August 29, 2025 That American presidents have substantial power should surprise no one. Having taught American Public Policy for 42 years, l am certainly not surprised that Donald Trump has significant presidential powers. Compared with the imperial presidency of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, Trump stands alone in the extra extravagant use of powers he may or may not have....

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, August 29, 2025 That American presidents have substantial power should surprise no one. Having taught American Public Policy for 42 years, l am certainly not surp…

08/04/2025

David Webber, COLUMBIAN MISSOURIAN, August 1, 2025 Books are wonderful. The U.S. Armed Services realized that in the 1940s. Books inform, entertain, distract and foster community. Molly Gupta Manning‘s “When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II” published in 2014 describes the efforts by citizens, the publishing industry and the military to provide books to the armed services personnel engaged in training and war in Europe and the South Pacific....

David Webber, COLUMBIAN MISSOURIAN, August 1, 2025 Books are wonderful. The U.S. Armed Services realized that in the 1940s. Books inform, entertain, distract and foster community. Molly Gupta Manni…

07/20/2025

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, July 13, 2025 There are many reasons to have opposed the Budget Reconciliation Bill signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, but the worst is the betrayal of so many sectors of American society. For a moment, specifically on May 12, when he had a New York Times opinion essay titled “Don’t cut Medicaid,” I had hopes that Missouri Sen....

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, July 13, 2025 There are many reasons to have opposed the Budget Reconciliation Bill signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, but the worst is the betr…

06/30/2025

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, June 29, 2025 I don’t read much fiction, but a friend loaned me his copy of “James,” the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Percival Everett. I am grateful he did. I had seen media stories about “James” winning a lot of awards and noticed a guy carrying a copy of the book at the public library so I decided to take a look....

David Webber, COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, June 29, 2025 I don’t read much fiction, but a friend loaned me his copy of “James,” the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Percival Everett. I am grateful he d…

06/19/2025

David Webber, Columbia MISSOURIAN, May 23, 2025 Former President Joe Biden’s health would have been in the news this week, even it if not for the revelation that he has prostate cancer, because of CNN reporter Jake Tapper’s and Axios reporter Alex Thompson’s book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice To Run Again.” Tapper and Thompson document that the White House staff were aware of Biden’s memory loss during his presidency and cloistered him from public events, his cabinet and other Democratic leaders for at least the last year....

David Webber, Columbia MISSOURIAN, May 23, 2025 Former President Joe Biden’s health would have been in the news this week, even it if not for the revelation that he has prostate cancer, because of …

06/19/2025

David Webber, Columbia Missourian, May 2, 2025 With President Donald Trump’s shake-up of the economy and governmental institutions, it will be necessary for future administration and government officials at all levels to redesign programs to protect those who need them. We do not have a comprehensive word to describe accurately the portion of the American population deserving special attention. “Homelessness” or “unsheltered” does not always get at the root cause of the subpopulation requiring help....

David Webber, Columbia Missourian, May 2, 2025 With President Donald Trump’s shake-up of the economy and governmental institutions, it will be necessary for future administration and government off…

01/12/2025

Stay safe this weekend!

With freezing temperatures incoming, we will be open this Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday night.

12/21/2024

If you are free tomorrow evening please join us as we gather to remember those we have lost over the last year. I will be one of a number of speakers during the evening.