Gore's not some self-serving hedonist trotting the globe looking for pleasure and the next new thing. He's an activist and climate change communicator of the first rank. You know this.

He created much of the world's awareness of the seriousness of the climate crisis. We wouldn't even be having this conversation without An Inconvenient Truth. Cut him some slack, OK?  He kind of makes me cringe, too, but try to be fair  . . .