Maybe this is putting the cart before the horse, but in the interests of getting this meme out into the blogosphere, here's my big theory about how Barack Obama should handle what will be one of his big problems come next January when/if he moves into the White House. Sure, he'll have to figure out how to end two wars gracefully, a coming economic meltdown, the prospect of global warming, as well as drought, deforestation, the rise of China and the perhaps deadly nuisance of Iran. But first he'll need to deal with Hillary Clinton and how he keeps her doing everything in her power to undermine him. Well, I think I have figured it out — not through any political genius of my own. Instead I asked: What would Abraham Lincoln do?

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It seems like most of the time I turn on MTV they're playing America's Next Top Model. Tomorrow they're showing a seven-hour marathon of season four — which originally aired on the UPN three years ago. I won't get into the tired "MTV doesn't show videos anymore" rant, because clearly their audience just doesn't want to watch them. Besides, if I ever want to see classic videos there is always VH1 Classic — or at least there used to be. These days they're usually either showing Ghostbusters or Ratt: Behind The Music. I love hearing about how Ratt "grabbed the decade of decadence by the tail," but I liked it better when they showed nothing but random old videos. What other TV network would regularly air "Mexican Radio" and "Eminence Front?" It's just not the same seeing those things on YouTube. I need to see Stan Ridgway's face rise from the platter of beans on my big screen . It's time for MTV to shake things up. Here's what I would do if I was in charge:

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Occasionally, the Capri Lounge will open up its doors to the hard-working interns here at RS. Here's the latest dispatch from the unpaid labor battlefield.

For our first blog post assignment last week, we interns were asked to describe what doing unpaid labor for Rolling Stone is really like. Let me tell you that it took every inch of resistance in my body to not simply respond with the words, "Everyday we're hustlin'."

You see, ever since I transcribed Austin Scaggs' interview with Miami rap boss Rick Ross, I have become fairly obsessed with the ethos and philosophy of the Trilla One. The magic that came out of my headphones that day had much to do with the casual rapport Scaggs tends to build with his subjects. But, more than that, it had to do with Ross' unique perspective on fashion, drugs and dining.

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