MISSOURIANA

We live in a confusing age. Missourians have approved shorter terms for politicians, who in turn went longer terms for Missourians elected to prison duty.

The largest organization supporting longer terms in the state is the Missouri High School and College Football and Basketball Coaches Association.

President Clinton is having difficulty fighting off Republicans who want an independent prosecutor to investigate his involvement in the Whitewater scandal. Sounds like a case of muddying the whitewash water.

Gov. Carnahan says he favors enlarging the 6-member state Highway Commission to assure "greater representations." How about a commissioner from each of the state's 114 counties for even greater representation?

It was 129 years ago that slavery was abolished in Missouri, but it may take that long for the state to get rid of the chains two federal courts have attached to Missouri's school funds.

Coast Guard officials say gambling riverboat casinos that travel the Missouri River could be risky dangerous. So is gambling on riverboat casinos that don't travel on the river.