Hot Flat and Crowded

Obama's Beach Books -- and Yours

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

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Rick Horowitz

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.

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Live from the Aspen Institute: Tom Friedman Speaks at The Socrates Society's Annual Fundraiser

Lynda Resnick | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media

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Lynda Resnick

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.

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Matt Taibbi Takes On Tom Friedman's Green Cred: "Porn-Stached Resident Of A Positively Obscene...Mega-Monstro-Mansion"

New York Press | Matt Taibbi | Posted 02.16.2009 | Media

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When some time ago a friend of mine told me that Thomas Friedman's new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, was going to be a kind of environmentalist clario...

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Tom Friedman: We Need "Overwhelming Force" To Green The Economy

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green

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New York Times columnist and Hot, Flat and Crowded author Tom Friedman spoke at the CORE: club last Friday night on the energy crisis facing the Unite...

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The World Is Ending, Or, What I Had For Lunch With My Friend, The Ambassador

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green

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Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

New Journalism has gone cold, flat, and crowded, as too many books, movies, and TV talking heads showcase journalists calling attention to themselves. Paradigmatic example: Thomas Friedman's new book.

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What the Heck Is Biodiversity? And Why Should We Care?

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 09.20.2008 | Green

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Marguerite Manteau-Rao

We should care about biodiversity because it is increasingly threatened as we keep encroaching on natural habitats and polluting our air, water and soil.

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Tom Friedman Calls For Green Revolution

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green

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At the Aspen Ideas Festival Thursday, New York Times columnist and The World Is Flat author Thomas Friedman gave a preview of his new book, Hot, Flat,...

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