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Friedman: And then there was one left with integrity intact

In March, I wrote a column in the form of a memo to Secretary of Defense James Mattis, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, then-Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, CIA Director M...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Friedman: We may all be connected, but no one’s in charge

There is an abiding dream in the tech world that when all the planet’s people and data are connected, it will be a better place. That may prove true. But getting there is turning...

DATE: Oct 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Friedman: If only Stephen Paddock had been a Muslim

If only Stephen Paddock had been a Muslim ... If only he had shouted “Allahu akbar” before he opened fire on all those concertgoers in Las Vegas ... If only he had been a member of ISIS ... ...

DATE: Oct 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Folks, we’re home alone

Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson wrote a famous memoir, “Present at the Creation,” about the birth of the post-World War II order — an order whose institutions produced six decades of ...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Trump’s folly on North Korea and climate change

America faces two serious national security threats today that look wildly different but have one core feature in common – they both have a low probability of happening, but, if they did hap...

DATE: Sep 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Many shades of the U.S. at war

I’m just back from visiting all of our key air bases in Iraq, Afghanistan and along the Persian Gulf, and I find myself wrestling with two stark contrasts: the contrast between what is happe...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Not all climate shifts concern the weather

I have a simple view of governing today: We are in the middle of not one but three climate changes at once to which government must help citizens respond. And Donald Trump doesn’t have a clu...

DATE: Aug 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Self-driving people, enabled by Airbnb

Roughly a decade ago two new “platform” companies burst out of California. The one that dominated the headlines was called Uber, which created a platform where with one touch of your phone y...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Israel to U.S. Jews – You just don’t matter

To the casual observer, Israel has never looked more secure and prosperous. Its Arab neighbors are in disarray. Iran’s nuclear program has been mothballed for a while. The Trump team could n...

DATE: Jul 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Trump is China’s Chump

HONG KONG – Having just traveled to New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, China, Taiwan and now Hong Kong, I can say without an ounce of exaggeration that more than a few Asia-Pacific busines...

DATE: Jun 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Friedman: With China’s technological ascent, Trump is right to press on the trade imbalance

One of the many dangers posed to our society by having a president who’s a serial liar – and who doesn’t behave like an adult, let alone a president – is that we more easily ignore him even ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Trump’s America is the United American Emirate

SEOUL, South Korea – President Donald Trump’s trip to Europe was truly historic. He left our most important allies there so uncertain about America’s commitment to their security...

DATE: Jun 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman