No, this is not a vodka advert. Although it should be.

I just had a slightly inebriated moment of clarity. Absolute truths do exist. Within context. Or, more specifically, within mutual context. Think of it as a Venn Diagram of two sets. Two sets of contexts, or truths. Of course, we can definitely go ahead and assume that the resulting subset could be one of of three things:

1. absolutely empty;
2. encompassing both sets; or
3. a minor subset

And, not unnaturally, my intuitive reaction was to think about how the legal system addresses this.

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June 1st is less than a week away, so you would not be remiss to expect Volume II of Radio Elite. While we put together and finalize the playlist for the second mixtape, we decided that it might be a good idea to provide an appetizer of sorts … musically and visually speaking, of course. This is just a short-list of 10 phenomenal music videos (in no particular order) that do a lot more than justice to the respective songs. Creative. A little quirky. Maybe even flat-out bizarre. But hey, who cares about adjectives, right?

Go ahead … click it …

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Dr. Cornell West matters. And yet he hardly gets airtime outside of what is conventionally labeled the “liberal media.” Listen to the man talk about Barack Obama, Saddam Hussein, poverty, race, religion, and hip-hop:

(video courtesy of Al Jazeera on YouTube)

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Nothing makes sense anymore. Nothing at all.

USA TODAY says: Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls the situation “embarrassing,” and some members of Congress vow to fix it.

“Embarassing?” Really, Condi? That’s the best you can come up with?

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Blast from the past? Maybe …

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