MISSOURIANA

What's so unusual about Bill Clinton having to stand trial for harassment while in the Oval Office? Politicians in the White House have been harassing citizens for years.

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Missouri's 15-year highway plan is reportedly $14 billion short. At this point it seems appropriate to ask: Did anyone ever see a state improvement program that had a surplus?

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Missouri's new official fish is the channel catfish, which shouldn't be eaten if it's found in most Missouri streams.

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If your day needs brightening, consider this cheerful reminder: The next regular session of the Missouri General Assembly is more than seven months away.

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White House observers claim President Clinton is being negligent in not replacing so many departed federal officials. The problem is not negligence, but the ability to find anyone who's dying to be indicted.

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Missouri legislators are the butt of media criticism, but in reality lawmakers aren't much different than society as a whole. Which, when you get right down to it, helps to explain a lot of things.

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State legislators may have overlooked welfare reform and better campaign proposals, but at least the state now has an official aquatic animal.

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One of the great ironies of the Missouri political system is that the only persons who can correct the General Assembly's failure last month to meet its budget deadline are the people who caused it.

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That balanced-budget amendment hammered out in Congress must have something wrong with it: Too many Democrats and Republicans are agreeing it's a good thing.