"Fox News Chief, Roger Ailes, Urged Employee to Lie, Records Show," is how the New York Times headlines a story about how Ailes "encouraged [Judith Regan] to lie... to federal investigators who were vetting Bernard B. Kerik for the job of homeland security secretary" because Ailes feared word of Regan's affair with Kerik would damage Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign (a feat that Giuliani proved quite capable of handling on his own, as it turned out). The whole thing is a bit of a trip down memory lane (I mean, when was the last time you thought about Judith Regan?), but, really, couldn't that headline just as easily apply to every Fox News employee who has ever received a memo from Ailes? READ MORE

Nothing would be better for our nation than to have America's Mayor™, Rudy Giuliani, throwing his hat in the ring for the Presidency for next year's election. He brings a major benefit to any serious political moment: the principle of chaos. His proximity to any political race, in fact, brings a mad destabilizing power. In New Hampshire in January of 2008, Rudy flew in to take 9% of the Republican primary vote, narrowly beating Ron Paul. (It should also be remembered that John Edwards nearly got twice that, in the Democratic vote.) The Gulianimentum threw everything into disorder, from the moment he arrived, flanked endlessly by state troopers. It skewed votes, bent minds, and opened up a special vista into the political process, namely: that any schmuck could run, thereby exposing the other candidates to serious scrutiny: are these people just "any schmuck" too? By and large, they were. (To be fair, Chuck Norris being constantly beside Mike Huckabee didn't help that cause either, let's not forget.) READ MORE

Needless to say, the most famous date of the 00s was a terrible day for lots of reasons. The death and destruction, the fear, the realization that people hated Americans enough to kill themselves in order to kill us too. Looking back, one of the terrible things that followed that terrible day felt, at the time, like the most comforting thing-the only comforting thing, really, about it at all. It was the great respect and affection I felt for Rudy Giuliani. READ MORE

Previously in our tale of seasonal Santa-employment: Part Two, Part One. READ MORE

Here is an obituary for Rudy Giuliani's political career. Is it still possible that he might at some point in the future be considered a viable candidate for state or national office? Sure, I can envision a scenario. It looks a lot like The Road.