Why is new healthcare system being held ’til after elections?
      I find it very curious that Obama’s ill–advised destruction of our health care system as we know it will not begin until 2013. Could this be deliberate in order to wait until after the 2012 general election to initiate this health care overhaul? If it were to be facilitated sooner and its flaws exposed, Obama would lose the 2012 election in a landslide. J.J.
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Medical doctors are not the only answer
      Years ago, I was diagnosed with a crippling form of arthritis. The pain was really bad and did not stop. The diagnosis for the future was that I was not going to get better. Three different medical doctors said they could only monitor me. That meant they were just going to watch me get worse.
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Closures threaten safety of citizens
      Mayor Coble and Members of Council;
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Thanks for the memories
      Thanks for reprinting the article about Katherine Dunlap in the October 23, 2009 edition of The Columbia Star. Katherine was known by many who had an occasion to work with the Governor’s office...more about that later.
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Political Cartoon
     
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It’s not a criticism; It’s an observation
The last goodbye
By Mike Cox
      The shiny black vehicle eased up to the starting line and waited. A crowd of spectators rose in expectation. As the staging lights moved through their sequence, the driver raced the motor. When the green starting light glowed, the vehicle took off down the asphalt at the Great Lakes Dragway in Paris, Wisconsin.
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Forty Something (begins)
Living in the Petri dish
By Mike Maddock
      I’ve had a rough October. I turned the big 4–0, and my family won’t give me time to wallow in a well–deserved midlife crisis. Instead of shopping for a convertible sports car, I’m busy running kids to and from the doctor. I don’t have any imported beer in my freezer, but I do have several bottles of amoxicillin.
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What’s for supper?
      There’s a young couple living in Texas who still have a lot to learn about give–and–take in an adult relationship. It’s too late now to repair the break–up because the cops got involved in the couple’s dispute.
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Who are we?
     Where is The Columbia Star? Our office is located at 723 Queen Street, just up the hill from Five Points. Our newspaper is free on over 260 stands throughout Richland and Lexington Counties and is mailed to over 600 subscribers weekly.
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