Notes from the saddle, the kitchen, and Bozeman.
Trip reports and Bozeman politics.
The Real Crisis in Healthcare Expenditure Growth
In 2011 the U.S. spent an estimated $2.7 trillion on healthcare, accounting for just under 20% of our total GDP. This figure–and projections of future growth in healthcare spending–is being described in terms of a mounting national crisis. (Healthcare spending…
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All posts →On Life, Expectations, and America
Imagine that, in life, one paints oneself (or one’s life, rather) upon a canvas. One paints legs of adolescense. A torso of family and…
et två tre fyra
Ordnign och reda, which I’ll translate as “order and synonym-for-order”, is an important concept in Sweden. And, indeed, I find the country remarkably orderly.…
Customs customs
I flew to Stockholm by way of Mexico City and Frankfurt. (Frankfurt, at least, makes sense.) Arriving in Mexico City, I completed two Customs…
The Tallest Man on Earth (Part 2)
Still slight and unprepossessing, The Tallest Man on Earth stands just a little taller than he once did. Three full length albums (the third,…