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Obama and Biden more like "you"

COLUMBUS _``But why Biden?'' asked Alice, who was on the couch, peering at a fuzzy pattern on the old portable television.....more>>

  • Obama and Biden more like 'you'
    ``But why Biden?'' asked Alice, who was on the couch, peering at a fuzzy pattern on the old portable television. ``Because he's a fighter and he's safe,'' said Uncle Chet, who sat on the rocker. ``He's got warts, but we've seen them before.''
  • Backtracking: Looking back to August '48
    It's time for another "freeze frame." The month of August 1948 had plenty going on, and some of it was significant, while other events were just trivial or one-time efforts worth mentioning.
  •  We can't allow history to be whitewashed
    It occasionally happens that people will call or e-mail The Star with an odd request: They want us to purge the historical record (can you imagine it?) of facts that may not reflect well on them.
  •  Oquaga Lake House: From farmhouse to resort
    James H. Scott probably didn't anticipate what he was getting into in 1869 when he bought a 98-acre farm near what was then called Sand Pond near Deposit. Six generations and plenty of expansions later, the Scott farm became what we know today as Scott's Oquaga Lake House.
  • Religion column: Needed: Riders for 2,000 horses
    The formidable Russian army has been besieging the forces of Georgia, formerly part of the Soviet Union. Most of us believe that's a rather lopsided fight. Very similar to the situation in which King Hezekiah found himself back around 700 B.C., facing a much larger, invincible force. The story is found in the biblical books of II Kings, II Chronicles and Isaiah.
  • Reporter's Notebook: Spider disrupts board meeting
    There was something very creepy going on at the Delaware County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday.
  • On The Right Side: GOP sides with voters on issues
    Pretty soon, all the attention will be on the final 75 or so days until Election Day.
  •  Wreck left candy trail in 1955
    You might say that Halloween came really early in 1955 in the village of Hamilton. Even in the early 21st century, residents of this Madison County community still refer to Sept. 27, 1955, as the day of the "Great Chocolate Train Wreck," or the "trick." They even celebrate this event of misfortune every now and then with "treats."
  • Religion column: Try to transform fear into love
    "I'm afraid I can't help you," the nice young sales clerk said. Funny, she didn't seem afraid. I guess it was just an expression. Interesting, then, how many situations arise where something altogether different may be what's voiced but where some version of "I'm afraid" actually is what's going on underneath the surface.
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