Columbia, Missouri, is a typical midwestern college town. Much like Ames, Iowa, or Lawrence, Kansas, or Champaign, Illinois, or Bloomington, Indiana, it has a population of roughly 100,000, sits in the middle of the state, and enfolds a large state…

Welcome to the latest edition of our version of the lightning round, where there is not often much lightning but at least a bit of enlightenment. We’ll start with something that trades off a fun development Thursday that you can…