MONDAY, FEB. 8-SUNDAY, FEB. 14, 2010

STAN ISAACS THE SAINTS WIN THE BIG ONE  New Orleans QB Drew Brees won the battle of the quarterbcks, outplaying the vaunted Peyton Manning.

PAUL HERTELENDY Our globetrotting adventurer in poetry has just returned from a trek along a tributary of the Amazon and presents the first of a series of Amazon-related poems he's calling... AMAZONIANA Discovery & Self-Discovery, Eastern Peru  GETTING HIGH BY GOING LOW   The Amazon pink river dolphin

GERALD NACHMAN Nachman salutes the return of feudin' to the TV world, almost a lost art until Conan and Jay got into it...  TV’S NEW FEUDAL WARS Conan O'Brien's country cousins show off some of the firepower they intend to use on members of the Leno clan if the O'Brien-Leno feud worsens.

CHUCK McFADDEN Chuck thinks Pres. Obama may be aiming too high if he wants to reach the mind of the average American voter today...  THE DUMBING-DOWN OF U.S. POLITICS   Typical U.S. voter wants to figure out what Pres. Obama said in his last speech

DONNA J. PLESH While sick in bed, our TV critic decided to take a second look at the new TV season...   A FRESH LOOK AT THE TV SEASON   Patricia Heaton of ABC's "The Middle."

MAURY ALLEN Maury runs out of patience with sloppy waiters at the diner because he used to be one and knows the score...  DINNER AT THE DINER   "Gee, that guy Maury used to be a waiter here. You'd think he'd remember how hard it is to please diners."

DAVID ZINMAN The former medical writer for Long Island Newsday vents some anger about how long patients have to wait in doctor's waiting rooms these days...  LINING UP TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR   A typically crowded waiting room at a doctor's office...

KENT HOLSATHER Kent runs into the high school coach he used to fear...and respect...  THE COACH YOU LOVED TO FEAR   "HOLSATHER! Where are your cleats?"

STAN ISAACS In a second column, Stan delivers a potpourri of items and campaigns again for Graham McNamee for the Baseball Hall of Fame...  A Little Bit of THISA and DATA   GRAHAM McNAMEE ...pioneer sportscaster

RON MILLER'S DARK CORRIDORS will return next week

TRY THESE RECENT COLUMNS:

GERALD NACHMAN SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS -- OR WHEREVER	ANDY MURCIA WHO NEEDS A SEX ADDICTION CLINIC?
JIM BAWDEN THE SCREEN LEGACY OF JEAN SIMMONS	RON MILLER DEATH OF A MYSTERY GIANT

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