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Carbon-Tax Foes Must Think the End Is Nigh

How else to explain them being OK with the exploding population?

Nov 18, 09 8:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Opponents of cap-and-trade legislation must believe that a massive plague will wipe out 2.5 billion people sometime between now and 2050. Otherwise, their stance makes no sense, writes Thomas Friedman of the New York Times . Even if you don’t believe climate change is real—and Friedman does—... More »

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climate change • environment • cap and trade • Thomas Friedman • petrodollar • overpopulation • climate change legislation • carbon taxes • population growth

OPINION

'Green China' Marks Sputnik
of 21st Century

US ignores race for clean energy at its
own peril: Friedman

Sep 27, 09 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - For those who think the past year will be defined by global recession, Tom Friedman says think again. Rather, for the New York Times columnist it is Red China's decision "to become Green China" that will spur a 21st-century technological race for clean energy—in the same way that... More »

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China • technology • solar energy • green technology • Thomas Friedman

Americans Read Over President's Shoulder

Obama's vacation book list drives leaps in Amazon sales rankings

Aug 27, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s poll numbers are faltering, but his summer reading choices are getting rave reviews, Politico reports. A survey of the Amazon.com standings of the five books the White House announced he would take with him on his Martha’s Vineyard vacation show a drastic improvement in sales.... More »

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literature • publishing • reading • vacation • Thomas Friedman • book • Amazon.com • John Adams • President Obama • Martha's Vineyard • David McCullough • George Pelecanos • Richard Price • Kent Haruf

Overanalysis

The True Meaning of Obama's Reading List

Prez hunkers down with thrillers, Friedman

Aug 25, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is on vacation, and that means it’s the media’s sacred duty to overanalyze his summer reading plans. John Dickerson of Slate delves into the meaning behind what Obama’s packing:
  • The Way Home by George Pelecanos
  • Lush Life by Richard Price
  • Hot
... More »

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Barack Obama • reading • vacation • The Wire • Thomas Friedman • book

OPINION

Palestine Could Offer Bright Spot for Arab World

PM Fayyad's economy- first approach a good model: Friedman

Aug 5, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Things are bad in the Arab world, but Thomas Friedman sees green shoots in an unlikely place: Palestine. “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to the wider Middle East what off-Broadway is to Broadway,” he writes in the New York Times. “It is where all good and bad ideas... More »

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Palestine • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Yasir Arafat • Thomas Friedman • Arab • Arab-Israeli conflict

OPINION

 The Climate Change 
 Bill Is Awful—Now Pass It 




'Pathetic' Waxman-Markey at least puts a price on carbon: Friedman

Jul 1, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Waxman-Markey is a "pathetic" and "appalling" bill that totally fails to respond to the urgency of climate change—and it should be passed by the Senate and signed into law straight away, writes Thomas Friedman. For the New York Times columnist, the flawed legislation has one great... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • Congress • environment • global warming • cap and trade • carbon trading • carbon • Thomas Friedman • House Republicans • Waxman-Markey

OPINION

Wallop Iran
Where It Hurts:
Oil Revenues

Two 'green' revolutions could bring down regime: Friedman

Jun 24, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pundits and politicians are wasting their time telling Barack Obama what he should be saying about the growing "green revolution" in Iran, writes Thomas L. Friedman. The country's reformers and protesters don't need American encouragement; they need a weakened theocracy—which will only happen when oil prices go into... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • oil • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • green technology • oil price • Thomas Friedman • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • green revolution • Iranian election

OPINION

 Fix Iraq to Fix the Region 

A 'decent and stable' country could set an example

Jun 7, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many in the Middle East demanded action after President Obama’s Cairo speech, but the action that’s crucial right now is the Iraq peace process, writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. Hillary Clinton must lead us in an effort to establish a “decent and stable political... More »

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Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • Iraq pullout • Thomas Friedman • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • President Obama

OPINION

 Old-School 
 Diplomacy 
 Sinks in 
 'Age of Pirates'  

US faces leaders not 'ready' or 'able' to talk things out

Apr 15, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration wants to talk to countries like Afghanistan and North Korea—but you can’t make a deal with leaders who aren’t ready or able to make one, Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times. The US is trying to employ classic diplomacy in an “... More »

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Afghanistan • Iran • North Korea • Pakistan • diplomacy • Thomas Friedman • Obama administration

OPINION

Obama's Energy Policy Needs
a Tuneup

To garner support, simplify plan and focus message: Friedman

Apr 8, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Proponents of cap-and-trade, the climate policy Democrats are currently championing, argue that it “'hides the ball'—it doesn’t use the word 'tax'—even though it amounts to one," writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. There’s just one problem: “Opponents are not playing... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • environment • cap and trade • Thomas Friedman • carbon taxes • carbon caps

(Newser) - The key issue behind both the global economic and climate crises is exactly the same: “mispricing risk,” Thomas L. Friedman writes in the New York Times. “We have been mispricing risk in both arenas,” he contends, “producing a huge excess of both toxic assets... More »

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climate change • environment • global economy • Thomas Friedman • carbon taxes • financial crisis • economic downturn

Old Gray Lady Grabs Obama
by the Ear

Krugman, Friedman, Dowd, Rich, editorial board all pile on prez

Mar 22, 09 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration bore an avalanche of criticism this weekend from the usually friendly New York Times. Influential columnists Paul Krugman, Frank Rich, Thomas Friedman, and Maureen Dowd—plus the paper’s editorial board—all piled on a president who “is increasingly overwhelmed, and not fully appreciative of the... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Times • security • editorial • Maureen Dowd • Frank Rich • AIG • bonuses • Thomas Friedman • columnists • Paul Krugman • newspaper editorials • blog posts • Obama administration

OPINION

Israel, Palestine Need Outside Support for Lasting Fix

Neighbors must be involved: Friedman

Jan 28, 09 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The dominant theory holds that the two-state solution is the answer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But the war in Gaza has pushed tensions past the point where an equitable sharing of geography is enough, argues New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. He wants a "five-state solution—Palestine, Egypt, Jordan,... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Jordan • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • King Abdullah II • Egypt • Thomas Friedman • Arab Israeli conflict

OPINION

 Krugman Is Top Media Liberal

Krugman tops Forbes' list

Jan 24, 09 1:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Washington is beginning a new liberal era, and Forbes lists the 25 media lefties likely to be the most influential in the coming years. The top 5:
  1. Paul Krugman. The Nobel Prize-winner's "prose is as pungent as his academic credentials are impeccable."
  2. Arianna Huffington:
... More »

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media • list • Jon Stewart • Thomas Friedman • Paul Krugman • Arianna Huffington • liberal

OPINION

 Bail Out America's Brains 

To stay afloat, we need more Gateses and Jobses

Jan 11, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Building roads and bridges will give our economy a short-term boost—but we need to look farther into America’s future on the global stage, writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. That means investing to make sure the next Microsofts and Googles are home-grown. How? For a start,... More »

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education • investment • Thomas Friedman • science education • economic stimulus package • mathematics • economy • teachers

OPINION

 Gaza Encapsulates Mideast 
 Strife: Friedman 

Can the Jews have a room at this hotel?

Jan 7, 09 9:19 AM CST
(Newser) - The bloody scene playing out in Gaza is painful, but “all too familiar,” writes Thomas Friedman of the New York Times: It’s “a mini-version of three great struggles that have been playing out since 1948.” Those struggles:
  • Who Owns This Hotel? Who’s
... More »

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Iran • Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Hamas • Thomas Friedman • Arab Israeli conflict

OPINION

The US Has Become the
GM of Nations

Friedman: Stimulus must be a reboot,
not just a bailout

Dec 24, 08 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Last week Tom Friedman flew from Hong Kong to New York, and the contrast between the two cities' airports was "like going from the Jetsons to the Flintstones." For the New York Times columnist, American infrastructure has become a symbol for a country that, for all its... More »

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Barack Obama • infrastructure • Thomas Friedman • economic stimulus package • bailout • auto bailout

OPINION

Madoff Scheme Not Much Worse Than Legal Ones

End of communism
let Wall Street become unhinged: Friedman

Dec 17, 08 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Wall Street used to be the epicenter of capitalism that the whole world wanted to emulate, but, on a trip to Hong Kong, Thomas Friedman discovers that the American financial establishment has lost its credibility. "We don’t just need a financial bailout," he writes in the New ... More »

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China • ethics • Wall Street • communism • Asia • subprime mortgages • Hong Kong • capitalism • Chinese economy • Thomas Friedman • Ponzi scheme • financial crisis • Bernard Madoff

OPINION

 Why Are We Bailing Out Car 1.0? 

Detroit is getting left behind

Dec 10, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - In the modern global economy, Thomas Friedman has a simple rule: “Whatever can be done, will be done,” and if you’re not the one doing it, someone else is. Detroit’s automakers aren’t exploring new business models, so other companies are. When one of them... More »

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Detroit • electric cars • auto industry • Thomas Friedman • Better Place • bailout

OPINION

 We Need New Leadership, Now 

Washington's following 'business as usual' amid crisis

Nov 23, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Washington is carrying out “business as usual in the most unusual economic moment of our lifetimes,” writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. It’s time for our leaders to wake up to the enormity of the financial crisis, the real "weapon of mass destruction,"... More »

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capital • Thomas Friedman • confidence • economy • George W. Bush • financial crisis • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

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