MISSOURIANA

Aliens from another planet might have received the impression that all those cheering members of Congress at the State of the Union address actually liked Bill Clinton.

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More Republicans named Gen. Colin Powell their favorite candidate for president in 2000 than anyone else, an honor won only last year by Sen. Phil Gramm.

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Several Hollywood stars who were on hand in 1993 didn't show up for Bill Clinton's inauguration last month. They must have seen the hit movie "Indicted Man Walking."

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Considering all the illegal cocaine traffic running up and down the interstates in Missouri, shouldn't our state reconsider its slogan and become the "Drug Store of America"?

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A side-effect of public anger over proposed legislative salary increases could show up with lawmakers' approval of an unlimited concealed-weapons law in this session.

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There was so much TV channel surfing on the night of the State of the Union address that some viewers believed President Clinton had recommended that Congress approve $8.5 million to pay a $300,000 fine for ethics violations by someone named Geraldo Gingrich Simpson.