TOM FRIEDMAN'S FLAT WORLD -- The World According To The New York Times!

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[Apolitical]

This author argues that the once great body of ideas called 'Liberalism' has now become little more than a shared faith, a pose, a stance designed to flatter the narcissism of the true believer. It is rooted in a utopian fantasy that Liberalism would be the happily shared multicultural faith of all, were it not for the malevolent Bush administration, the Christian 'right', and the evil neo-Con propagandists. After all, aren't liberals 'good', 'kind' people who believe in Peace and the United Nations? ....

[Apolitical]

Friedman's latest best-seller is a silly book by a silly author -- and a one-note Johnny at that, who has little say, but says it in a very lot of words.

[peridot]

The NYT should change it's name to The Tower of Babel.

[Brian Allen]

<< Friedman's latest best-seller is a silly book by a silly author -- and a one-note Johnny at that, who has little say, but says it in a very lot of words. >>

Oh that "silly" was the subversive, Friedman's, only grievous failing.

<< The NYT should change it's name to The Tower of Babel. >>

Or "of Babylon," of Baghdad and of homicide-bombers."

[chilepepper]

while i don't agree with many of friedman's positions, my opinion of thomas friedman has gone up considerably since i saw him tear a typical EU marxist/socialist reporter to shreds recently on a BBC interview.

friedman is pretty articulate and very quick on his feet.

the BBC reporter was clearly out of his league and came across as an idiot while Friedman expoused his almost george gilder-like view of the world economy...

[driftless]

I agree with the author that many times Friedman comes across as a typical, pompous lib know-it-all when its obvious that he doesn't. However Friedman does support the war something not mentioned by the author of this article. In fact I was watching a documentary Friedman did for some cable network ( name escapes me..Discovery Channel maybe?) recently, and he debated anti-war foreign students and citizens in France about the war. His argument was that the war against Islamo-fascism is as justified as the war against Hitler and Nazism. Whatever other liberal nostrums Friedman distributes, he is to be commended for defending our country overseas.

[Lysandru]

Friedman is an idiot. I read one of his pieces the other day on Iraq and I wanted to reach for the airsickness bag. He had no flipping idea of what he was talking about.

[driftless]

I don't take anything Friedman says about military or diplomatic matters seriously. However he is that rare bird, an important and influential liberal who backs the war effort.