The Assault on Reason
 

The Assault on Reason

by Al Gore

The first question many people ask when hearing of a new book from Al Gore is, "Is it about the environment?" The answer is yes, but it's not (or, rather, not only) the kind of environment he wrote about in Earth in the Balance and of course painted such a vivid picture of in his Oscar-winning documentary (and companion book), An Inconvenient Truth. It's the political environment he's concerned... (read more)

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Frannie
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Al Gore explains the importance of the founding principles and values of our democracy and calls for the development of an informed citizenry that will be able to stand up and demand the rights guaranteed in our Constitution.

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Aimeesue
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I REALLY wanted to like this boo, truly, I did. I'm no fan of George Bush, and I AM a fan of logic and reason. Gore presents quite a few interesting topics, and I would have loved to have been able to read all about them, but I was forced to stop because Gore's writing style simply sucks all the energy out of his topics. I flet like I was sitting in a dusty old lecture room. listening to the octogenarian professor Crabbypants drone on and on and on.

The bigger issue, however, is...

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