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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Thomas Friedman

1. July 11, 2012 02:58 PM

   Thomas Friedman’s fantasy America

   Not telling it like it is

   By Michael Massing

   Thomas Friedman was delighted by the Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the healthcare law. And he was positively thrilled with John Roberts. In a June 30 column for The New York Times (“Taking One for the Country”), Friedman praised the chief justice for his “legal creativity and courage.” Not only liberals, he wrote, but even some conservatives were touched...

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2. March 22, 2011 01:46 PM

   Tom Friedman Declares War

   A bum rap for the elderly

   By Trudy Lieberman

   Tom Friedman was his usual glib self in Sunday’s New York Times, arguing that the two political parties “would rather focus on winning the next election and blaming the other guy than making hard choices” about energy, climate, and the deficit. The metaphors he used made all this sound soooo scary. If we manage to avoid atmospheric and financial calamity...

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