Al Gore Speaks

Al Gore speaks out on climate change and global warming in today's editorial pages of The New York Times. It is a powerful and stirring call to action on this most urgent problem.

Gore writes, "Our children have a right to hold us to a higher standard when their future — indeed, the future of all human civilization — is hanging in the balance. They deserve better than a government that censors the best scientific evidence and harasses honest scientists who try to warn us about looming catastrophe. They deserve better than politicians who sit on their hands and do nothing to confront the greatest challenge that humankind has ever faced — even as the danger bears down on us."

I often think how different times would be now if the Supreme Court would not have decided the outcome of the 2000 elections. Al Gore, the people's choice, would have been seated (in the true spirit of democracy!) and perhaps this nation, led by a true leader and statesman, would have started to tackle some of the most urgent problems that we, as a planet, face today. Think about it...