This is either the worst video commemorating anything ever, or it’s a perfectly fine expression of a man’s feelings about an American tragedy.

A good way to figure out which is to try and remember how you feel about Herman Cain. If you like him a lot, it’s the latter. I’m indifferent towards him, so it’s the former. A fun thought experiment: what if this were President Obama singing? (Yes, that’s Cain singing.) Would that change your mind?

Journalist Peter Schnall offered a revealing interview with Turnstyle about the effort that went into convincing former President George W. Bush to discuss his memories of 9/11 with National Geographic for the channel’s upcoming documentary special. As it turns out, Bush’s people were quite open to the interview and, after what turned out to be months of negotiations, agreed that he would sit down with Schnall for an incredible four hours, without having interview questions presented to him in advance.

“He answered all the questions,” Schnall shared. “We sat down for two hours each day. He had no notes, he never got up. It was a very interesting journey.”

Previously, we’d told you that the National Geographic Channel is planning to air a 9/11 special focusing on former President George W. Bush thoughts during and after the terrorist attacks that demolished the World Trade Center towers and seriously damaged the Pentagon.

Nat Geo (as all the cool kids are callin’ it) offered a little preview of the special, providing further insight into the moment between Bush first learned that a plane had hit the towers (and surmised, as many of us did, that there must have been some unfortunate but isolated issue with the plane or the pilot) and when he was informed that the United States was, in fact, under attack.

Former president George W. Bush is set to give his reaction to the capture and killing of Osama Bin Laden — a name that loomed over much of Bush’s presidency — in an upcoming special for the National Geographic Channel set to act as the cornerstone for programming commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks on September 11th.

In an interview that took four months to negotiate and which eventually happened to be scheduled two days after the world learned that SEAL Team Six members had found and shot the terrorist mastermind at his Abbottabad compound, Bush shares his first thoughts on the day the World Trade Center fell and the Pentagon collapsed. The Hollywood Reporter was able to obtain exclusive quotes from the film.

For those of us who will forever remember the day Al Qaeda fatally attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, it is difficult to keep in mind that September 11, 2001 was nearly a decade ago– which puts a child born on that day in fourth grade. This has presented a challenge to many teachers who realize their students are not old enough to remember the attacks but don’t quite know what to say about it. To solve the problem, New Jersey is set to adopt a curriculum that will teach September 11 and terrorism to K-12 students.

While political opponents may blast President Barack Obama for not keeping his campaign promises, he made good on at least one vow he’s taken while in office today: introducing 14-year-old Payton Wall to her hero, pop sensation Justin Bieber. Wall, who lost her father in the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center, told the president she used Bieber’s music to cope with the pain, and how much it would mean for her to meet him.

A man seeking to capitalize on the publicity of Florida’s would-be arsonist pastor satisfied the frustrated desires of some in the media today by burning pages of the holy book himself near Ground Zero. While committing acts that will make it easier for extremists to enlist new members is as textbook a definition of “letting the terrorists win” as there can be, are those acts any worse than the media filming what will inevitably become a future Al-Qaeda recruitment video?

To commemorate the lives lost there on September 11, 2001, First Ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush visited Shanksville, PA, the site of the fallen Flight 93 that was diverted from its target by passengers, to honor the service of those on the plane who gave their lives to save others who were in harm’s way. They emphasized their selflessness and the example they set for the rest of the nation.

In observance of the deadly attacks of September 11, 2001, President Barack Obama addressed a crowd of friends and loved ones of the victims of the attacks at the Pentagon, and spoke to the perseverance of the American people as they gather on “hallowed ground” to remember the fallen.

It’s hard not to wonder if the story of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab may turn out to be the biggest story of the year if it keeps developing the way it does. Actually, it’s getting hard not to feel a sense of deja vu all over again as more of the details come to light, because while the attempted attack on Northwest Flight 253 in no way resembles the horror and destruction of September 11, 2001 the lack of government preparedness in the face of a whole lot of intel leading up to it is starting to feel awfully familiar.

Somewhere between Fashion’s Night Out on Thursday night, the eve of Fashion Week, and Jay-Z‘s “Answer the Call” September 11th memorial concert on Friday at Madison Square Garden, we learned a little something about Anna Wintour: Rappers love her.

After police scanners picked up a report of “shots fired” in the Potomac River, close to where Pres. Obama was at the time, CNN ran a report that it tweeted out as “BREAKING NEWS”.

As it turned out, this was just a coast guard training exercise. As Jeanne Meserve, CNN’s homeland security correspondent, said on-air less than an hour after the CNN.com report, “You can be sure there that there’s going to be a lot of high level demand for answers.” Instead, the White House blamed CNN.

Beginning at 9amET this morning, and concluding at Noon, MSNBC looked like NBC from eight years ago.

As they have for the past four years, MSNBC replayed the heart-wrenching, raw broadcast of the extended Today show from September 11, 2001. Despite the emotions it surely will elicit, it’s a piece of history well worth watching.

Eight years ago Philip Bump was living in California and woke up to the already-burning Twin Towers – a moment that would have seemed dream-like had it not been instantaneously jarring.

Like a growing number of others in a time obsessively concerned with the “digital divide”, he went to his desktop computer to get more information. Unlike many others, though, he took screen grabs of the sites as he visited them.

9/11 is a date that has come to represent a lot of complicated ideas. Memories of the attack come with a real sense of unity and global support that immediately followed. Suddenly it became a political football, used to exemplify a lack of patriotism (or a pre-existing bias). But judging by the coverage in today’s Newspapers, we seem to have moved on, or have at least started the process…

The front page and accompanying photo of today’s New York Times is about how the New Yorkers feared after 9/11 has not come to pass. Eight years on every one who lives here is well aware this is not the case! But does anything demonstrate the emotional recovery of the city better than today’s New York Post cover?