Well, I guess he’s transcended all that now.

And congratulations also to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. They are doing great work on this subject, and the award is well-deserved.

UPDATE: When thinking about what might have been, and pondering what we have instead, it’s always worth revisiting Jim Capozzola’s classic essay Al Gore and the Alpha Girls – The Enduring Power of Cliques in a Post-High-School World.