I like this quite a bit: sometimes channeling Springsteen, sometimes Dylan, but most often in a cool, chill melodic way. This album was released in early 2014.

Why Oklahoma Lawmakers Want to Ban AP US History -- NYMag →

Randy Sloan February 23, 2015

This is just downright scary.

Representative Dan Fisher, who introduced the bill, lamented during Monday's hearing that the new AP U.S. History framework emphasizes "what is bad about America" and doesn't teach "American exceptionalism."

I'm proud of my country and believe we've done more good than harm over our short history, but that doesn't mean we're always above reproach. It certainly doesn't mean we can't have our kids casting a critical eye on our past, not to mention present and future.

Krieger complained that the [AP] framework portrays the Founding Fathers as "bigots" and suggests that Manifest Destiny was "built on a belief in white racial superiority and a sense of American cultural superiority," rather than "the belief that America had a mission to spread democracy and new technology across the continent," as he put it.

Nope, Mr. Kreiger, the AP framework is closer to being right.

Let's allow our kids to learn from the past (even the bad stuff) so they don't repeat our mistakes.

Bruce Springsteen | Darkness on the Edge of Town

Randy Sloan February 23, 2015

It's not my favorite Bruce, but he's not in danger of being fired as the BOSS.

Chicken at the 7-11

Randy Sloan February 23, 2015

I was told that this Napa Valley chicken hangs outside the 7-11 all the time.

My theory is she's underage and is trying to get folks to buy her booze and smokes.

Everyone sings when Bob Marley sings

Randy Sloan February 20, 2015

There's no more aptly titled album than Bob Marley's Legend. The sound and the man are ingrained in our musical culture.

Everyone sings when Bob Marley sings.

Bob Marley would have been 70 years old on February 6th.