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The Best We Can Do

Lance Simmens | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Public Option, Afghanistan, Iraq War, Financial Reform, Financial Crisis, Obama Administration, Joe Lieberman, Iraq, Health Care System, Health Care, China, Tom Friedman, Politics News
Lance Simmens

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?

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Why Some Elites Never Have to Say They're Sorry

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Betsy Mccaughey, Evan Thomas, Tom Friedman, Andrew Sullivan, Lawrence Summers, Living News
Jonathan Weiler

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.

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Thug Politics in America

Karen Finney | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Newsmax, Cnn, Lou Dobbs, Obama, Democrats, Glen Beck, Clinton Administration, Tom Friedman, Republicans, Politics News
Karen Finney

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.

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If "We the People" Can't Agree on "Our" President, Is there Any Hope for Us?

Christine Pelosi | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Social Networking, Impeachment, National Service, George W. Bush, 9/11, Katrina, Samoa Tsunami, Impeach Cheney, Condi Rice, Michell Obama, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Veterans, Dick Cheney, Volunteering, We the People, Nancy Pelosi, Alzheimer's, Hurricane Katrina, Hillary Clinton, Cancer, Impeach Obama, Aids, Tom Friedman, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

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.

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Thomas Friedman: We Need A Partner In Afghanistan (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Friedman Afghanistan, Video, Afghanistan, Friedman, Tom Friedman Afghanistan, Tom Friedman, Politics News

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...

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Tackling the Threat to U.S. Scientific Competitiveness

James M. Gentile | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, India, Science, Steven Chu, China, Tom Friedman, Education, Politics News
James M. Gentile

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.

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An Idiot's Guide to Tom Friedman's Idiocy

David Sirota | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Buy American, Tom Friedman, New York Times Op Ed, Media News
David Sirota

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.

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Tom Friedman's Take On "Wimps" and "The Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, World, Beijing, Amtrak, Harvard Alumni Association, China, Po;itics, France, Nuclear Energy, Wall Street, Communist Party, David Brooks, Oil, High Speed Rail, President Sarkozy, New York Times, Green Energy, World Health Organization, National Endowment for the Arts, French Government, Tom Friedman, Sncf, Politics, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

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?

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Michiko Kakutani Is Destroying the Fabric of American Culture

Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Frank Bruni, Michiko Kakutani, Book Publishing, Tom Friedman, Book Reviews, Filters, New York Times, NY Times, Media News
Gerald Sindell

Turns out if you really want to get reviewed by the Times, it really helps if you are also employed by the Times.

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Obama's Beach Books -- and Yours

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: George Pelecanos, Outer Banks, Thomas Friedman, Obama Martha's Vineyard, The Way Home, Kent Haruf, Beach Books, Fareed Zakaria, Lush Life, Vacation Reading, Hot Flat and Crowded, Barack Obama, Tom Friedman, Elmore Leonard, David McCullough, Beach Reading, John Adams, Proust, North Carolina, Martha's Vineyard, Richard Price, Plainsong, Living News
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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Shaken, Not Stirred

Gershon Hepner | Posted 09.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Golf, Thomas Friedman, Picasso, Everlasting Youth, Thomas Watson, Baby Boomers, New York Times, Poetry, Tom Friedman, Home News
Gershon Hepner

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

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Think Again: Conflicts of Interest by the Wealthy and for the Wealthy

Eric Alterman | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Howard Kurtz, Atlantic Monthly, Andrew-Alexander, Politico, James Fallows, Blogola, Bloggers, Cokie Roberts, David Bradley, Marcus Brauchli, Washington Post, Tom Friedman, Katherine-Weymouth, Washington Post Salons, Media News
Eric Alterman

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.

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Sun Valley Media Conference Photos: Mogulmania Day 1! (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Tim Armstrong, Tom Friedman, Slideshow, David Zaslav, Les Moonves, Robert Iger, Herb Allen, Haim Saban, Ron Meyer, Sir Martin Sorrell, David DeVoe, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Eisner, Barry Diller, John Scully, Robert Wiesenthal, Michael Lynton, Sun Valley, Sun Valley 2009, Media News

The annual Allen & Company summer media conference kicked off in Sun Valley, Idaho Tuesday night and by Wednesday morning the attendees were decked ou...

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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

Read More: Aspen Institute, Thomas Friedman, Fundraising, Fundraisers, Hot Flat and Crowded, Tom Friedman, Media News
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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New York Times Memo Reminds Staffers Of Speaking Fees Ethics

Los Angeles Times | James Rainey | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Tom Friedman Speaking Fee, New York Times Speaking Fees, New York Times, Tom Friedman, Speaking Fees, Media News

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...

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Thomas Friedman Returns $75,000 Speaking Fee From Bay Area Clean Air District

Los Angeles Times | James Rainey | Posted 06.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Tom Friedman Speaking Fee, Thomas Friedman, Tom Friedman, Thomas Friedman Speaking Fee, Media News

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 ...

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Media Torture

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, NBC News, Jonathan Alter, Will Bunch, Mark Bowden, New York Times, Media-Torture, Torture, John Yoo Torture, Tom Friedman, Media News
Rory O'Connor

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.

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Energy: At the Nexus of Climate, Poverty, and Global Security

Robert A. Freling | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Tom Friedman Hot Flat and Crowded, Energy, Electric Power, Electricity, Universal Energy Access, Tom-Friedman, Energy Developing World, Millenium Development Goal, Renewable Energy, Energy-Poverty, Green Energy, Green News
Robert A. Freling

Rural villages can now bypass the age of fossil fuels and catapult themselves into a bright, sustainable, carbon-free future.

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Time to Think About Torture and the Media

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Tom Friedman, Bush Administration Torture, Cofer Black, Jonathan Alter, Mark Bowden, 9/11, Tucker Carlson, Torture, Media and Torture, Media News
Rory O'Connor

When it comes to America's torturing, none of us are blameless in our actions, our ignorance or our acquiescence.

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Friedman in the Times: How Could a Smart Man Be So Dumb?

Trey Ellis | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Waterboarding, Thomas Friedman, Torture, Tom Friedman, Media News
Trey Ellis

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.

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Another Friedman Special

Hooman Majd | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy, Tom Friedman, North Korea, World News
Hooman Majd

Continuing to view the world through the myopia of his all too Western eyes, Tom Friedman's brilliant new concept is that "this is not the great age of diplomacy."

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Capitalism and Moral Sentiments

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 04.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Wall Street Bonuses, Tom Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, David Brooks, Federal Bailouts, Bailout Bandits, Economy, Aig Bonuses, Financial Crisis, Aig Federal Bailouts, Bonuses, Bank Bonuses, Recession, AIG Scandal, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Jeffrey Sachs

The fascinating thing about this Wall Street greed is that it is so deeply ingrained that neither the bankers themselves nor our economic leadership understands just how disgusting and dangerous it is.

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AIG, Toxic Assets and the Call to Personal Sacrifice

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Aig, Tom Friedman, Morgan Stanley, Bailout, Wall Street Mafia, Pres.Obama, Societe Generale, Teachers of Montgomery County, Ecomomic Mess, New York Times, Economy, Aig Bonuses, Bank Bonuses, Recession, Federal Bailouts, Bailout Bandits, Financial Crisis, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, Anderson Ranch, AIG Bailout, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

If there has ever been an example of "sow and ye shall reap" gone awry, it is the madcap stripping of the national treasure by those who have brought us to the edge of the cliff.

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Thomas Friedman On Bank Bailout: "Fairness Has Left The Building"

CBS News | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Bank Bailout, Friedman, Friedman Fairness, Tom Friedman, Politics News

On CBS' Face The Nation this morning, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman weighed in on the financial crisis and the administration's plans to fight...

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Thomas Friedman's Five Worst Predictions: Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair | Barrett Brown | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Tom Friedman, Vanity Fair, Media News

In this morning's New York Times, columnist Thomas Friedman makes a grave prediction regarding Obama and the ongoing financial crisis: "I fear that hi...

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