Somewhere Along The Way, New York Became

Former Vice President Al Gore Has Devoted His Post-administration Years To A Mission To Tell The World About Global Warming. It's Funny, But In His Civilian Life Gore Has Discovered The Voice That Voters Had Trouble Hearing When He Ran For President In 2000. The Voice He Has Found Is Clear, Impassioned, And Moving.

Stationery Is Addictive. I Get Mine Made In Paris At Benetton, And Writing On It Gives Me A Strange Thrill.

Take A Random Selection Of Photographs Of America In 2012 And 2002 And 1992 And, Except For The Skinny Jeans And The Porkpie Hats, You'll Be Hard-pressed To Tell The Years In Which The Pictures Were Taken.

Those Who Remember New York In The 1970s, As I Do, Look Back On A City That Had Hit A Very Rough Patch - Decaying, Bankrupt, And Crime-ridden. But Fun.

In 2004, I Wrote 'what We've Lost,' A Book About The Bush Administration. It Sold Only Reasonably Well, In Part, I Think, Because The Book Was A Horrific Downer, An Unrelenting Account Of The Administration's Actions, Bungles, Deceptions, Half-truths, Untruths, And Downright Corruptions.