February 28, 2010
Op-Ed Columnist
The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged
By FRANK RICH
No one knows what history will make of the present — least of all journalists, who can at best write history’s sloppy first draft. But if I were to place an incautious bet on which political event will prove the most significant of February 2010, I wouldn’t choose the kabuki health care summit that generated all the ink and 24/7 cable chatter in Washington. I’d put my money instead on the murder-suicide of Andrew Joseph Stack III,

Bills announce they won't bring back Owens
By Mark Gaughan
NEWS SPINDIANAPOLIS — The Buffalo Bills confirmed Saturday night what was obvious since the end of the 2009 football season: the Terrell Owens experience was a one-year phenomenon in Western New York.

sat down at 10 AM with a cup of coffee, snow falling outside and online video streaming inside, to watch as much of the health care debate as possible. I am surprised to say I'm still here, three hours later. The summit makes for compelling theater and I don't even have to dress up and travel. Kudos for making this public. Here now are thoughts on the first half of the show (final summary to be added later today).

Op-Ed Columnist
Afflicting the Afflicted
By PAUL KRUGMAN
If we’re lucky, Thursday’s summit will turn out to have been the last act in the great health reform debate, the prologue to passage of an imperfect but nonetheless history-making bill. If so, the debate will have ended as it began: with Democrats offering moderate plans that draw heavily on past Republican ideas, and Republicans responding with slander and misdirection.