For a guy squeezed the Supercomputing Conference in between appearances on Larry King Live and Saturday Night Live, Al Gore delivered a surprisingly effective keynote address at SC09. Gore, who characterizes himself as a "recovering politician," is a techie at heart, having authored some of the original legislation that helped [...]
The comic stylings of Al Gore
by Adam Stein
More Thanksgiving lazyblogging. First up, Al Gore on Saturday Night Live, promising to outcrazy the crazy:
The main problem with this clip is that it’s not particularly funny. Not hugely unfunny, but nothing too spectacular. This one from 30 Rock is better:
Al Gore pulls [...]
Essential reading for Copenhagen and beyond
by Adam Stern
When Al Gore released his movie and book An Inconvenient Truth in 2006, he was praised for raising awareness about global warming. For those who wished he had included more information about solutions, the former vice president has responded [...]
Al Gore has sought to inject fresh momentum into the Copenhagen build-up, saying he is certain Barack Obama will attend and predicting a rise in civil disobedience against fossil-fuel polluters unless drastic action [...]
WASHINGTON With global warming taking center stage in world affairs, Al Gore can't be far behind: The Nobel-Prize-winning former-vice president-turned-energy entrepreneur is releasing his plan to crack the climate conundrum.
"The clock is ticking with respect to solving the crisis," Gore, 59, said Thursday as he sat in pinstripes and' [...]
