The Trivial Pursuit - New York Times

The Trivial Pursuit - New York Times: Bob Herbert
"Al Gore is a serious man confronted by a political system that is not open to a serious exploration of important, complex issues. He knows it. “What politics has become,” he said, with a laugh and a tinge of regret, “requires a level of tolerance for triviality and artifice and nonsense that I have found in short supply.”"