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Health care: A universal need with a universal answer

The Register stands on the correct side of health-care reform in its March 5 editorial dismissing individual mandates and continuing to embrace national single-payer health insurance ("Mandating Private Health Insurance is Misguided"). Growing numbers of Iowans and Americans get it. A recent CBS/New York Times poll found 64 percent agreed government should guarantee insurance to all and 60 percent said they were willing to pay more taxes if necessary.

But what to make of the related March 5 op-ed in which state Sen. Jack Hatch cheerleads for Mitt Romney's mandated health-care hoax ("Should Iowa Require All Residents To Have Health Insurance? It's Like Mandating Auto Insurance")?

To avoid penalizing workers, small employers and further fragmenting the insurance pool, any mandate would necessitate massive public subsidy and oversight, a health-insurance boondoggle.

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Forget Ducks vs. Winthrop; it's really about Nike vs. New Balance

If it weren't for the physical exertion involved, we'd clearly see basketball is as vain as modeling. It's all about style, baby, from headband to sneaker.

Rebecca Romijn has nothing on LeBron James.

So before you compare the X's of Oregon with the O's of Winthrop, check out their shoes first. They present a squeaky juxtaposition.

Today, we give you Team Nike versus Team New Balance.

It best explains the prince/pauper, rags/riches, gluttonous/ravenous delight of this game.

Oregon is Nike's pet school, the alma mater of Nike founder Phil Knight. It's the school that America's richest shoe company assists with marketing and uses as a guinea pig for cool new products. It's the school that Knight gave $40 million for football-stadium renovations.

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New York Supreme Court Upholds Recognition of Out-of-State ...

NEW YORK, March 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The New York Supreme Court ruled yesterday to uphold a county officials recognition of same-sex marriages performed out of state. Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano announced in June of last year that same-sex couples would be granted legal privileges previously reserved for heterosexual marriage partners. Supreme Court Justice Joan Lefkowitz said Spanos executive order to recognize homosexual marriages did not violate the state Constitution and did not conflict with the states high court ruling last year that banned gay marriages from taking place in the state. It is clear that there has been change in this state concerning the rights of same-sex persons, Justice Lefkowitz said, referring to recent court rulings granting homosexual couples adoption and inheritance rights, The Journal News reported March 13.

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Good casting is true present in entertaining `Ultimate Gift'

If you ever wonder why we still call them ``movie stars,'' look no further than The Ultimate Gift. It's a parable, a slight movie about a poor rich boy who has to learn the meaning of work, thrift, selflessness and faith from his richer-and-deader-than-Midas grandfather. Casting the right dead grandfather and ``names'' in some supporting roles never paid off better.

This latest and most entertaining offering from Fox Faith, the religious-themed arm of 20th Century Fox, has James Garner as the charming old man whom his greedy, mean-spirited relatives watch on video as he tells them what he's willed to them.

Bill Cobbs (Night at the Museum) is the crotchety old attorney presiding over this will reading. Lee Meriwether (Barnaby Jones) is his longtime assistant.

And after grandpa's dispensed with his other heirs, he gets around to announcing a series of tests for his estranged, spendthrift grandson, Jason (Drew Fuller), all leading up to The Ultimate Gift.

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Fleming nominated to replace Poulin; speeder hits 100 with ...

Lt. Patrick Fleming of Fairfield has been nominated to become the 17th chief of the Maine State Police. Gov. Baldacci has forwarded the nomination to the Legislature. Fleming, a 23-year Maine State Police veteran, is in charge of the Liquor Licensing, Gaming and Weapons and the Executive Protection Unit. He has overseen that division since 2004. "Lt. Fleming has the highest level of personal and professional integrity and has always conducted himself with fairness and compassion, which are core principles of the State Police," said Baldacci. Fleming joined the department in 1984 and patrolled in Troop C (Skowhegan) for nine years. He was named detective in 1993 and assigned to Executive Protection guarding Gov. McKernan. Fleming remained in that unit during the entire eight years of the King administration and two years of Gov.

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More Memories Of Northgate Mall

I enjoyed reading John Shearer's article concerning the history of Northgate Mall. I want to add my list of stores that were not mentioned.

The Leader was the place to shop during the "preppy" heydays of the mid to late 1980's. The Leader, owned by Herb and Ival Goldstein, also had locations downtown, Brainerd Village, and Belle Meade in Nashville. At Northgate, it was located toward Sears in the old G.C. Murphy location. The last location of The Leader was at Hamilton Place, downstairs close to Sears. The Leader closed all locations by 1988.

Craft Castle was located in the exterior of the mall, close to where Applebee's is today. Craft Castle was a predecessor of Michael's and Hobby Lobby. It was a small store, probably about the size of one department of the big box craft shops.