Gore was in Miami to emphasise global warming

 To the “hang ’em, flog ’em, eletrocute ’em, and just for luck lynch ’em” persuasion, Scalia was an archangel

From Truman proving the press wrong to the Supreme Court solemnly mulling Florida’s ‘hanging chads’, the US election has given us some compelling real-world drama. With a socialist insurgent on the left and The Donald on the right, this one looks set to follow suit

In many ways, his life was an enactment of the American Dream

As he publishes a new book, critics say climate change has made him rich

Do you recycle? Avoid flying? Maybe you think buying local makes more of a difference? In an exclusive poll, our readers shared their views on the greatest issues of our time. Michael McCarthy introduces the results

He went soft on drugs in Brixton, spoke out about the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, and had his private life raked over in the press. Now, after 30 years of service, Brian Paddick's been hounded out of his job. But were his radical policies to blame? Or was Scotland Yard simply not ready for a liberal, gay, Oxford graduate so high in its ranks? Jason Bennetto reports