Former vice president Al Gore will be joining his former boss in New York City for the next few months, teaching a class at Columbia University and writing a book while he decides whether or not to pursue a career in politics, reports the Associated Press. Columbia University announced Wednesday that Gore will teach a graduate-level journalism class called "Covering National Affairs in the Information Age." Gore also told the New York Times that he will lecture at two universities in Tennessee, his home state, and added that he and his wife Tipper will team up to write a book about families, scheduled to hit shelves in the fall of 2002. "I'm not considering anything political right now," he said, "but I haven't ruled out thinking about such things later on. The only decision I've made about politics is not to make a decision until I've had more time for reflection and rest." Gore will join the Columbia staff as a visiting professor in February and is scheduled to give six to eight lectures this semester, and possibly the next.