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Romney Goes Double Negative

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Thomas Friedman, 2012 Speculatron, 2012 Speculation, Battleground States, Super PACs, Missouri Senate Race, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Virgil Goode, Jeb Bush, Crossroads GPS, Barack Obama, Wisconsin Recall Elections 2012, 2012, Missouri 2012, Swing States, Third Party Candidate, Wisconsin Recall, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Donald Trump, Scott Walker, Media Criticism, Tom Barrett, Barack Obama 2012, Claire McCaskill, Veepstakes, Politics News

At some point in the past, most mainstream political observers, against all evidence to the contrary, came to the belief that President Barack Obama i...

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What Is the Cultural Significance of Facebook's May 18, 2012 IPO?

Daniel R. Schwarz | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Facebook Share Price, Blogs, Thomas Friedman, New York Times, Jeff Bezos, Facebook, Facebook IPO, Business News
Daniel R. Schwarz

I am less interested in the business model than the value our culture is putting on what is still perhaps the most important news gathering institution in the world -- versus the value it is placing on a social media company.

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Better Idea -- Next Time, Just Light Your $35 Million on Fire

Ari Rabin-Havt | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Howard Kurtz, Thomas Friedman, Unity 08, 2012 Election, Ron Paul, Americans Elect, Elections 2012, Hot Soup, Ron Paul Campaign, Politics News
Ari Rabin-Havt

Americans Elect was never a grassroots movement. At best, it was a well-funded organization in which a number of elites could dream up a fake democratic process and pretend they were above the silly infighting of the plebes.

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Robert Gibbs Outsmarts Chris Matthews

Posted 05.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Who was the winner of Monday night's "Jeopardy!" Power Players game? It's former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. Gibbs, cur...

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Does the Invisible Hand Really Know Best?

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Adam Smith, Laissez Faire, Thomas Friedman, Philosophy, Markets, Michael Sandel, Philosopher, Democracy, Conservative, Liberal, Good Society, Libertarian, Michael Gerson, Harvard, What Money Can't Buy, Moral, Common Good, Invisible Hand, Freedom, Moral Limits, E.J. Dionne, Free Market, Justice, Book Reviews, Books News
Jeffrey Abelson

Is the free market really free? Or does it come at the expense of civic values we neglect at our peril? That's one of many questions I found myself pondering after reading What Money Can't Buy by Michael J. Sandel.

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Jason Linkins

Scenes From The Secret War Of The New York Times Columnists

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, Thomas Friedman, New York Times Feud, David Brooks, Media Criticism, New York Times, Paul Krugman, New York Times Columnists, Media Feuds, Media News

If you're a regular consumer of the New York Times editorial page, you may have already noted that a sort of sub rosa battle has been going on between...

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Who Will Compete In 'Jeopardy!' Series In D.C.?

Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Video, Thomas Friedman, Chuck Todd, Mehmet Oz, District of Columbia, 826dc, Lizzie O'Leary, Anderson Cooper, Dana Perino, Slideexpand, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chris Matthews, Kelly O'Donnell, Chris Wallace, Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation, Jeopardy Power Players Week 2012, Katty Kay, David Faber, Clarence Page, Lewis Black, Robert Gibbs, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Ever want to know how basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's trivia skills stack up against those of George W. Bush's former press secret...

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Jason Linkins

Thomas Friedman Spoofs Himself In What I'm Guessing Is An Epic Work Of Adventurous Satire

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, Thomas Friedman, Self-Parody, Michael Bloomberg, Pundit Obsessions, Media Criticism, Media News

But yesterday, after blogger Duncan Black labeled Friedman "the one true wanker of the decade," I admit I was wondering how Friedman would respond. Because that's a pretty harsh criticism. I mean, there have been mass murderers galore over the past decade. Also, Damien Hirst.

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Should We Force Our Kids to Major in Science or Engineering?

Karin Kasdin | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Liberal Arts, Thomas Friedman, Fifty, College Majors, Parenting, Higher Education, Stem, Liberal Arts Education, Stem Careers, Fifty News
Karin Kasdin

A liberal arts education allows us to learn to think for ourselves. Armed with knowledge and experience in a variety of social contexts, we don't become mere receptacles of ideas.

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Thomas Friedman, the Singapore Model, and the Palestinians

Dr. Josef Olmert | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Thomas Friedman, Arab Spring, Singapore, World News
Dr. Josef Olmert

Thomas Friedman today discussed one of his favorite subjects, the "Arab awakening," which he did not predict in his extensive writing about the Middle East, and yet knew, from its very beginning, how it would affect the future there, in particular the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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We Need More Independent-Minded Voters

David M. Walker | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Thomas Friedman, Third Party, Third Party Candidate, Ross Perot, 2012 Election, Independents, Independent Voters, Politics News
David M. Walker

I was honored and humbled that syndicated columnist Tom Friedman this week suggested I consider running for president, putting me forward as a third choice to voters. But our need is bigger than for me -- or any other third-party candidate

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The Radical Center We Don't Need

Robert Kuttner | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Third Party, Thomas Friedman, David Walker, Third Party Candidate, Austerity, Americans Elect, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

A secretive independent party financed by hedge fund and private equity plutocrats is not only a blight on the democratic process. It could end up being a dangerous wild card in a momentous election.

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Pundits Waiting for a Palestinian Gandhi? Meet Khader Adnan.

Peter Hart | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Khader Adnan, Palestine, Thomas Friedman, Joe Klein, Time, Civil Disobedience, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Gandhi, Non-Violence, Non-Violent Resistance, Media News
Peter Hart

The pundits who tell us that they crave a dramatic nonviolent Palestinian narrative can write the story of Khader Adnan, who has drawn comparisons to celebrated Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands. But they are not writing his story.

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Rockefeller's Revenge

D. R. Tucker | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: US Supreme Court, Mccain-Feingold, Rush Limbaugh, Rachel Maddow, Nelson Rockefeller, Moderate Republicans, Citizens United, Edward Brooke, Thomas Friedman, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Politics News
D. R. Tucker

Surely, there are some moderate moneymen who miss the days of Nelson Rockefeller and Edward Brooke, who recall a time when the GOP cherished common sense and revered rationality.

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The Top 5 Reasons Women Doubt Themselves -- And Shouldn't

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Good Enough, Expectations, Social Media, Mediocrity, Undecided: How to Ditch the Endless Quest for Perfect and Find a Career -- and Life -- That Works for You, Being Judged, The Treadmill, Pleasers, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

We're convinced mediocre isn't going to cut it and face the pervasive belief that today's women can and should have it all: great career, hot sex, well-behaved children and granite counters.

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Fictional Davos Discussion Between Tim Geithner and China's He Yafei

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 04.03.2012

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Howard Steven Friedman

The following conversation did not take place... but wouldn't it have been interesting if it did? Geithner: Glad I found you. We really need to talk...

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Jason Linkins

Thomas Friedman Declares An End To Math, Urges Working Class To Get Awesome!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.27.2012

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As Friedman bops from one global aerie to the next, absorbing the latest sweet whispers from the mesmeric elites he encounters, there's never a reason to end the pep rally. Everything just looks amazing once you're ahead of the curve.

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On to the Next 'Bubble Fantasy'

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.21.2012

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Robert Scheer

That Thomas Friedman's self-serving feints at the truth can still earn him a place of high regard in the world of journalism is a sad commentary on the profession that has rewarded him so lucratively.

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Gingrich Contradicts Israeli Government Position

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Palestine, Rabin, Thomas Friedman, Yitzhak Rabin, Oslo Accord, Invented People, Middle East, Apartheid, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Arafat, Newt Gingrich, Newt Gingrich Palestinians, World News
Daoud Kuttab

While Newt Gingrich's comments to a Jewish media outlet that Palestinians are an invented people was pretty bad, what was worse is what happened (or didn't happen) afterwards.

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Jason Linkins

Thomas Friedman To Obtain Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan He Didn't Think Existed

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.02.2011

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Thank you, Fox News' Ed Henry, for the scoop that Thomas Friedman is at the White House today, and for pointing out that he may, at this minute, finally be in possession of the very deficit proposals that the White House made months ago.

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Jason Linkins

Paul Krugman Sends Secret Message To Fellow NYT Columnist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.18.2011

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Have you read Paul Krugman's latest New York Times column? It is a delight. Titled "Failure Is Good," Krugman sounds off on the super committee an...

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Jason Linkins

Thomas Friedman Needs Someone To Help Him Access Widely Available Facts About Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.16.2012

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Would it be too much to ask for someone -- perhaps one of his New York Times colleagues -- to give famously airheaded columnist Thomas Friedman a bit of an explanation of what is actually going on in the world of politics?

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Does Your Job Interfere With Your Life?

Douglas LaBier | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Stress, New York Times, Thomas Friedman, Sustainability, Leadership, Careers, Business, Work-Life Balance, Business News
Douglas LaBier

The new world environment includes clear shifts in what people look for and want from their careers, and from the organizations to which they'll commit their creative energies. These new realities are pushing companies to transform.

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Why India Needs America to Remain the Superpower

Anant Goenka | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Chinese Economy, Chinese Government, India, Thomas Friedman, China US Relations, Indo-US, China, Indo-Chinese Relationship, Shashi Tharoor, World News
Anant Goenka

I was thrilled to hear Thomas Friedman's response to my question from the audience at the Tata Litfest here in Mumbai a few days ago. At the end of a ...

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Some of those Making the Laws Are Corrupt, And Some of Those Enforcing the Laws Are Corrupt

Ed Koch | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Corruption, Thomas Friedman, Planting Drugs, Nypd Drug Scandal, S.E.C., Knapp Commission, Nypd Ticket Fixing, Occupy Wall Street, Nypd Scandals, New York News
Ed Koch

Corruption is taking place at every level of government. Here in New York City, we see the beginning of a police scandal, which I sense will rival that of 1972.

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