Read more Thomas Friedman stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12633/thomas-friedman.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:02:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74270/carbon-tax-foes-must-think-the-end-is-nigh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOpponents 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—you can’t...http://www.newser.com/story/74270/carbon-tax-foes-must-think-the-end-is-nigh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 8:25:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70385/green-china-marks-sputnik-of-21st-century.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor 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 Russia's...http://www.newser.com/story/70385/green-china-marks-sputnik-of-21st-century.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Sep 2009 11:55:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67943/americans-read-over-presidents-shoulder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident 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. If you’re...http://www.newser.com/story/67943/americans-read-over-presidents-shoulder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 13:46:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67729/the-true-meaning-of-obamas-reading-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident 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 Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman John...http://www.newser.com/story/67729/the-true-meaning-of-obamas-reading-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 11:27:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66141/palestine-could-offer-bright-spot-for-arab-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThings 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 get tested out...http://www.newser.com/story/66141/palestine-could-offer-bright-spot-for-arab-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 9:22:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63264/the-climate-change-bill-is-awful-now-pass-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWaxman-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 virtue: it finally...http://www.newser.com/story/63264/the-climate-change-bill-is-awful-now-pass-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 7:07:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62670/wallop-iran-where-it-hurts-oil-revenues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPundits 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 freefall....http://www.newser.com/story/62670/wallop-iran-where-it-hurts-oil-revenues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 7:58:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61206/fix-iraq-to-fix-the-region.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMany 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 order” in Iraq—...http://www.newser.com/story/61206/fix-iraq-to-fix-the-region.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Jun 2009 10:30:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56229/old-school-diplomacy-sinks-in-age-of-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 “age of pirates,...http://www.newser.com/story/56229/old-school-diplomacy-sinks-in-age-of-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 8:32:33 CDT