July 14, 2006 9:02AM 

# I’d Vote for Grendel over Al Gore 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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So I suppose it’s no surprise that as Gore’s movie is getting credulous [reviews](http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060601/REVIEWS/60517002/1023) from [coast](http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/05/24/movies/24trut.html) to [coast,](http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-truth24may24,0,577270.story) a new opera opens in New York that makes Grendel [“likable.”](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/12/AR2006071202071.html)

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