More Bucks and Other Changes

Peanut shells litter the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo’s “green room.” A minister prays with a young cowboy, preparing him for his bull ride. There’s a card game at one of the tables, while other cowboys work telephones and check gear. It’s a scene that could be straight out of 1955 instead of 2005, except for a few details: the obnoxious laser show and rock ’n’ roll blasting inside the arena ... cell phones instead of rotary pay phones ...  hockey masks and flak ja