bullsprings musings

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 [...]

Mandatory health insurance isn’t the answer to the health care dilemma.
A Colorado panel selected by former Governor Bill Owens (R) to recommend something for the ailing health-care system released its recommendations: Every person residing in Colorado should be legally required to have health insurance.
Owens was ousted by term limits last year. Hopefully our new governor, [...]

The holidays are here and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.
Thursday night we had some friends over and while we were partying, a cyclone hit southwest Bangladesh and killed a bunch of people. A little bit of that story was news on Friday, but gone by Saturday. Instead we got to [...]

I’m living in a different time and space than you are. Or maybe not. Happiness is horses and guitars, love of a woman, wide open spaces. The pursuit of beauty is legitimate in and of itself. Spending hours a day driving is dehumanizing and spiritually debilitating. Modern life is a broken promise for most of [...]