As the leader of Malaysia's political opposition faces charges under very dubious circumstances, the U.S. government should make clear the importance America attaches to the role of law in sustaining a political process in which justice and freedom are natural allies

One approach for Mitt Romney would be what opponents might call a double-vanilla ticket, with another white male as vice presidential nominee. Four possibilities come to mind.

Gore himself has done incalculable harm to the cause of combating global warming.

The fight for the Democratic presidential nomination is, if not irrelevant, at least much less consequential than it appears.

The Vice President is running on a platform of economic populism during good times.

E. J. Dionne Jr. and David Brooks ask questions of a panel of close associates of Gore, elected officials of both parties who have worked closely with him, and reporters who have covered him in Tennessee and Washington.

The Republican convention highlighted the choice between politics and leadership with a particularly neat trick: it excluded politics.

Al Gore is trying to erect his presidency on the shameful act of teaching resentment of "the rich and powerful" to "working families."