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Al Gore’s fiercely-argued new book, The Assault on Reason, is an indictment of current policy making -- especially the President’s use of power and his handling of the war. But in Gore’s view, the real problems lie deeper. Gore argues that the marketplace of reasoned debate on which our country was founded is being endangered by a variety of things: the use of fear and the misuse of faith, the distractions of our entertainment culture, and the concentration of power in the national media and the executive branch.

The New York Times calls it "less a partisan, election-cycle harangue than a fiercely argued brief about the current Bush White House." Of course, they would say that. *coughMSMcough* Don't worry if you didn't get tickets in time! We're sending Seattlest Dan to get the scoop on the evening, so tune in to Seattlest June 5 and we'll recap, new-media style.