"Bush Plans to Leave White House With Grace." What happened to Barbara?

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President-elect Clinton has said he wants his Cabinet to be "as diverse as America." He's named one that's as unknown as Siberia.

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Now that the football season is almost over, some wives are startled when they hear the sound of their husbands' voice for the first time in months.

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Mizzou basketball coach Norm Stewart has racked up more than 500 victories since arriving on the Columbia campus. Wonder if he knows anything about football?

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United Nations' officials ask the Bush administration to disarm Somalian tribal warlords. Wait till the NRA hears about that!

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Bill Webster still hasn't conceded his election loss on Nov. 3 to Mel Carnahan. He may be waiting for a final count by federal grand jurors.

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New Year's resolutions seem sort of superfluous until we get around to writing the correct year on our checks.

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One of Bill Clinton's biggest job-creation headaches will be how to find work for all those Bush administration economists who insisted there was no recession.

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There is a federal law prohibiting Hillary Clinton from holding a job in her husband's administration. There's no mention in the statute on whether she's forbidden from making the president's life miserable if he ignores her advice.

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Caution: Getting elected to offices having to do with local or state law enforcement can create enforcement problems of your own.

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Now that the elections are over and new officials are about to be installed, we guess Missourians won't have to be bothered with state issues for another four years.