Book as Feeler

Is Al Gore testing the presidential waters with his new book The Assault on Reason? Talking heads have thought so since the book was announced last fall. On Tuesday, we'll find out, as the book is released and Gore goes on a five-city tour.

Subtitled "How the Politics of Fear, Secrecy, and Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision Making, Degrade Our Democracy, and Put Our Country and Our World in Peril," Gore's latest book is a critique of the non-fact-based reasoning we've seen lately. It's a call for reason and evidence and what we can do to make them part of our everyday lives again.

Time magazine has posted an excerpt so you can see how successful Gore has been as an author. As to how he's doing as a presidential candidate, only time will tell.--David E