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."
Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 04.21.2009 | Business
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.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business
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.
CBS News | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics
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...
Vanity Fair | Barrett Brown | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media
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...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.16.2009 | Green
Waylon Lewis just blogged that what the world needs is a green Jon Stewart -- somebody to take on all of the green issues in an accessible way, but st...
Danny Schechter | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
We have to recognize we do not live in a perfect world or a world of our choosing. There is no question that the government must act. But how -- and what is the likely impact?
David B. Goldstein | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green
It is encouraging that the stimulus package is beginning to address the need to invest in energy efficiency, where there are high rates of return, financially and environmentally.
Lionel Beehner | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media
How could the man who wrote maybe the best book on the Middle East become a paycheck-cashing mouthpiece and shill for the world's corporate villains?
New York Press | Matt Taibbi | Posted 02.16.2009 | Media
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...
Brian Keane | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green
Despite Friday's piece in the Times, there seems to be a growing consensus around Washington that the road to our nation's economic salvation will be ...
Grist | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green
Check out our nominees, and then vote in the poll below. And tell us who we missed in comments. (Also see our list of villains.) Barack Obama OK, ...
Huffington Post | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green
Tom Friedman's column today bemoans the lack of foresight and innovative thinking in Detroit. While the topic isn't particularly new -- can you think ...
NY Times | THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
So President-elect Barack Obama is considering Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. How should we feel about that? Mrs. Clinton is a serious pers...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green
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...
Hooman Majd | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
Every single Iranian politician that I spoke to was rather looking forward to an Obama presidency -- they will be extremely happy if America simply ceases to behave like a hegemonic power.
Roger Fransecky | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business
How do we re-engage the millions of Americans who want to believe in hope and horizons again?
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business
Bodman's letter criticizing Friedman gives a frightening picture of this administration and the Department of Energy's priorities.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green
Tom Friedman distorted Al Gore's new energy challenge, which called for an energy policy based on 100 percent renewable sources, by including the role of coal. Isn't coal a nonrenewable fossil fuel?
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green
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,...
Hooman Majd | Posted 05.16.2009 | World