CoMo Street Gazette

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.

12/18/2024

New edition out now! Read about Christmas memories, wishes and more.

We asked readers of the CoMo Street Gazette what they remember about the holiday and what they wish for most at this time of year.

12/10/2024

12/02/2024

🗓️🎁📚Our December calendar includes the Holiday Book Fair, Baby story time with Ms Tess, CoMo Dads playgroup, Sonrisas group, and (of course!) play times in Columbia & Centralia.
We have 3 full weeks of fun scheduled, and then we close for Holiday Break from Dec 23 - Jan 1.

11/30/2024

Due to the upcoming forecast of winter weather, we will be open Friday, Nov. 29; Saturday, Nov. 30; Sunday, Dec. 1; and Monday, Dec. 2.

11/27/2024

Thanksgiving is tomorrow. If you know of anyone needing a hot meal please see the dates and times. Have a Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃🍽