Still, I am an Earth Race guy. I believe that averting catastrophic climate change is a huge scale issue. The only engine big enough to impact Mother ...
Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
Comedian Eugene Mirman, as part of his coverage for Grist, submitted questions for today's CNN/YouTube climate change debate. His questions didn't get...
Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics
Pundits are reacting to President Obama's speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. On MSNBC's Morning Joe the hosts were surprised that the president ...
Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 12.14.2009 | World
Afghanistan is in urgent need of the basics for survival in one of the poorest countries on Earth -- seeds, fertilizer, roads, power, schools, and clinics -- much more than it is in the need of another 30,000 troops.
Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 12.06.2009 | Media
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman appeared on Fareed Zakaria's CNN show to discuss the fundamental problems with the US surge in Afghanistan, argu...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media
On "The Daily Show" Tuesday night, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman admitted that he "overreacted" to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2...
Lance Simmens | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
Why is it that it is easier to take the country into war without justification than it is to ensure that every American is entitled to health care?
Jonathan Weiler | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
It's sign of a corrupt political/intellectual culture that being wrong in highly consequential ways appears to have no bearing on your implicit moral standing to propound in weighty terms on the crucial issues of the day.
Karen Finney | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
Having seen this movie before as a staffer in the Clinton Administration, it is painful to again watch the right-wing machinery crank into overdrive; and the rhetoric spin up on all sides.
Christine Pelosi | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
A ratings chase and a revenue chase combine to coarsen the debate. This is our new reality -- and some days it looks so ugly one could reasonably turn away from civic life. But we don't.
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics
In an interview Sunday, New York Times' columnist Thomas Friedman said that what really mattered in Afghanistan was having a reliable partner in the c...
James M. Gentile | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
Other nations are producing more scientists than we are, and increasingly their economies are offering better job opportunities. America's future can be great, but it depends on preserving our preeminence in science and technology.
David Sirota | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media
I don't mean that Friedman is wrong on everything. I mean that he's actually an extremely dim bulb in that he displays a stunning lack of basic cognitive function.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business
How are we going to compete in years to come as we go head-to-head with societies that are far better equipped to deal with the exigencies of the future?
Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media
Turns out if you really want to get reviewed by the Times, it really helps if you are also employed by the Times.
Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
The thing about beach books -- or even "beach books" -- isn't the total tonnage of the entire pile. It's the glow of the glorious possibilities.
Gershon Hepner | Posted 09.01.2009 | Home
When Kobe Bryant scores 70 points, we are in awe. When Tiger Woods wins by 15 strokes, we are in awe. But when a man our own age and size whips the world's best -- who are half his age -- we identify
Eric Alterman | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media
Given the power of perception media institutions enjoy over the profits of so many industries, these same institutions can use this privilege to line their own pockets.
Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media
The annual Allen & Company summer media conference kicked off in Sun Valley, Idaho Tuesday night and by Wednesday morning the attendees were decked ou...
Lynda Resnick | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media
Tom Friedman, who spoke informally with Aspen Institute CEO Walter Isaacson, is not only one of the world's greatest journalists, he is also a marketing genius.
Los Angeles Times | James Rainey | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media
New York Times Editor Bill Keller and the editor of the paper's editorial pages sent a memo to staffers, saying the paper had become "lax" in complyin...
Los Angeles Times | James Rainey | Posted 06.13.2009 | Media
I called the Times several times in the last couple of days to ask Friedman a bunch of questions, like... whether he felt queasy taking so much money ...
Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media
Defending torture -- and the torturers -- is now a long accepted practice in American journalism, one that brings you much acclaim and access to power, bylines, headlines, and lucrative contracts.
Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media
When it comes to America's torturing, none of us are blameless in our actions, our ignorance or our acquiescence.
Trey Ellis | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media
Tom Friedman argues today that U.S. government-issued torture is just water(boarding) under the bridge and actually repeats a ridiculous Bush-era mantra.
nytimes.com | THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green