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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.

From Graydon Carter

I don't think you can be a credible, modern candidate for president without making the environment a major part of your platform.

From Graydon Carter

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.

From Graydon Carter

It could fairly be said that America, during the Bush years, has entered an Age of Denial - arguably the first stage of a nation's decline.

From Graydon Carter

Water-boarding can result in damage to the lungs and the brain, as well as long-term psychological trauma.

From Graydon Carter

To a young kid growing up in Canada, America seemed to be crazy about the future; dazzled by it.

From Graydon Carter

Satire works best when it hews close to the line between the outlandish and the possible - and as that line continues to grow thinner, the satirist's task becomes ever more difficult.

From Graydon Carter

After the collapse of Wall Street in the 1920s, the culture stopped being all about money, and the country survived and ultimately flourished.

From Graydon Carter

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