In the continuing wake of last weekend's Oscars (which were at least 72 hours long, right? And why can't Meryl Streep ever wear something nice?), let's give it up once again for Al Gore! As awards host Ellen Degeneres noted, America voted for Al Gore in 2000, but, somehow, he didn't get to move into the White House.  No matter--instead, Al Gore became a movie star; An Inconvenient Truth became a bestselling book, and the documentary became a blockbuster and, now, a multi-Oscar winner (best documentary and, in one of the night's big surprises, best song, from a triumphant Melissa Etheridge). 

Anyway, in case you haven't picked up the book yet, it's here at QPB! Plus, there's a stellar introduction by M. Gore in Worldchanging, a landmark Main Selection here, a "Whole Earth Catalog" for the new millenium, which goes about telling us how to be more ecologically responsible (and much more) in every moment of our lives--the kinda stuff that might make our current truths less inconvenient. Or something.