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Tom Friedman Should Run for President

Laurence J. Kotlikoff | Posted 04.19.2012

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Let me urge Tom Friedman to run for President. He's an extremely sensible man with plenty of common sense and the right instincts on economic and foreign policy. He'd give the President and Governor a run for their money.

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Energy Secretary Chu And The Price You Are Paying For Gasoline

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.18.2012

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The price we are all paying at the pump or for heating oil was too mundane to be touched upon by Dr. Chu. A bit like leaving the aerie of the ivy covered halls of academe and getting your hands dirty on an oil rig.

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Tom Friedman's Skewed Vision of Non-Violence

Ed Koch | Posted 04.10.2012

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The Cluelessness of Thomas Friedman

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.14.2012

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Tom Friedman's column today calls for re-thinking American capitalism by striking a series of "grand bargains," and as usual his analysis of what stands in the way of such grand bargains bears no relationship to the realities of American politics.

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On to the Next 'Bubble Fantasy'

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.21.2012

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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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New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman Crossed a Line

David Harris | Posted 02.17.2012

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Tom Friedman, the New York Times columnist, crossed a line in his recent op-ed, "Newt, Mitt, Bibi and Vladimir." Shockingly, he wrote: "I sure hope ...

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Google's Green Czar to Leave Company

Alison van Diggelen | Posted 01.04.2012

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Today Bill Weihl, Google's Green Czar, confirmed that he's leaving the company as of November 8th. What does this mean for the future of Green at Google?

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Behind The Bipartisan 'Austerity Class' That Rules Washington

The Nation | Ari Berman | Posted 12.20.2011

In September the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a bipartisan deficit-hawk group based at the New America Foundation, held a high-p...

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Innovation, Steve Jobs and our Public Sector

Jennifer Anastasoff | Posted 12.11.2011

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We can expect our leaders to innovate, to try new approaches and to learn from failure. We can support those that creatively consider how to bring in the people and the resources needed to solve local problems.

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Reinventing America -- From the Bottom Up

Peter Sims | Posted 10.29.2011

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Buckle up, America. This revolution will be improvised. And, it's all coming to the forefront of our national consciousness soon, thanks at least in part to That Used to Be Us, a very important and timely book.

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England's Ashes -- America's Future?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 10.11.2011

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London's fires are cooling into ashes, and with any luck they won't be rekindled. But even though the British economy is still a tinderbox, nothing that's happened has dampened some people's enthusiasm for doing the same thing over here.

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'Americans Elect' and Tom Friedman's Op-ed

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.24.2011

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Yesterday in his op-ed, Thomas L. Friedman wrote "Make Way For the Radical Center," bringing into focus the nascence of an organization meant to deal with "this kind of idiocy by elected officials."

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LOOK OUT! Murdoch, Coulter, Gates and Other Memorable Pies To The Face

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 09.18.2011

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Before there was Jonnie Marbles and Rupert Murdoch, there were clowns, and they've been throwing pies since the first rubber chicken was but a comedic...

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How Will The New York Times Look Different On Sundays?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 07.23.2011

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NEW YORK -- When New York Times editorial page editor Andy Rosenthal told staff Monday that reporter Frank Bruni will soon get a Sunday Op-Ed column, ...

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The Brad Pitt Homes of NOLA

Paul LaRosa | Posted 07.19.2011

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After visiting my son for the last time at Tulane University in New Orleans (he graduated!), I decided on this final trip to take a tour of the Ninth ...

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How The New York Times Will Shake Up Its Weekly Section

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 07.11.2011

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NEW YORK -- New York Times staffers in the editorial and news departments have been working for several months to reinvent the paper’s “Week in Re...

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How Blended Learning Will Change the World

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nearly half of the world's population is under the age of 25; that means more than 3 billion people. Over 500 million youth live on less than $2 per d...

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The Real World vs. The Make Believe World

Robert K. Lifton | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Kernen mantra that we should just "get government out of the way" disguises the problem with misdirection.

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How to Create Thought-Leading Ideas

Dorie Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Becoming known as a thought leader -- an expert who develops innovative and sometimes game-changing ideas -- is partly a matter of good publicity. Aft...

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Tom Friedman: Anderson Cooper 'Did Country A Favor' By Busting Obama Myth

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman used all of his latest column to praise Anderson Cooper for refuting the myth of the cost of President Obama'...

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A Bittersweet DC Farewell for Michelle Rhee

Barry D. Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Are Rhee's achievements and the contract she negotiated with the union a model for other failing urban schools? It's far too early to say.

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Restoring the American Dream

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Have bickering political ads ruined your morning? The just say 'spend' Democrats attack the just say 'no' Tea Party. While crisscrossing the country...

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Bill Clinton: Time To Get Local

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

The United States and the economy were for the first time a big focus at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting last week in New York City. Hallelujah!

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Clinton's Global Initiative Gets Local

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Why not have Bill Clinton turn his full attention to rebuilding America? He gets it, because if the US is broken, it will derail all of his global initiative.

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Thomas Friedman: Why CNN Shouldn't Have Fired Octavia Nasr Over Hezbollah Comment

New York Times | THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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I find Nasr's firing troubling. Yes, she made a mistake. Reporters covering a beat should not be issuing condolences for any of the actors they cover....

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