Columbia Talk

My nephew, the honorable Chris Beyers, wrote a book, and you can read it about it on his blog . Check it out and tell him what you think.

This column was first published in Capital Business on Aug. 13:  There was a time when shopping at Best Buy was a special treat. I’d p...

The private sector is stirring. Whole Foods commits to downtown. The mall talks about turning itself into a "lifestyle center." ...

Here's my editor's note from the May 7 issue of Capital Business, the Washington Post's local business weekly : By Dan Beyers ...

Is it me? When the preeminent developer of downtown Columbia can't find a tenant for a Frank Gehry building on the lakefront, and the ...

This column originally appeared in Capital Business on June 6 : What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? That’s a rhetorical ...

This column originally appeared in Capital Business  on May 30. It’s graduation season, which explains why I found myself in the stands ...