bullsprings musings

I’m a musician, among other things, and like so many other musicians, I can’t afford health insurance. I’ve already talked about some reasons why I’m for a single-payer, government-implemented health-insurance program that covers everyone. Here’s another reason: It would be good for business.
Don’t believe me? Talk to the people who run GM or WalMart. [...]

Almost 50 million people in the U.S. have no health insurance because they can’t afford it. They’re self-employed, or their employer can’t or won’t cover them. For decades the price of health insurance has risen exorbitantly with no end in sight.If you are lucky enough to somehow stumble through life for 65 years, then you [...]

I’m listening to new releases by the old war horses: Neil Young, the Eagles, Bruce Springsteen. All three have great releases out right now. But I also keep going back for tastes of new releases from some acts that have never cracked the musical stratsphere: Bad Religion’s latest, New Maps of Hell, is an extraordinary [...]