By Tom Wilkinson Director, GM News Relations In “Utopia,” Sir Thomas More proposed replacing the grit and struggle of Tudor England with an island in the Atlantic free from war, poverty and lawyers. In his column, “Start up the Risk-Takers,” Thomas Friedman proposes replacing...

Matt Taibbi correlates happiness with Valerie’s Bertellini’s ass size:  Friedman plots exactly four points on the graph over the course of those 30 years. In 1989, as oil prices are falling, Friedman writes, “Berlin Wall Torn Down.â€� In 1993, again as oil prices are low, he writes, â...

In 2005, Matt Taibbi wrote a takedown of NYT mouthbreather Tom Friedman's unique idiocy that remains the greatest thing ever written about the mustachioed private-jet-frequent-flyer. Now Taibbi has a new piece; top ten anti-'stache material. His original story was all about The Earth is Flat, and wh...

Tom Friedman wins the award for worst single paragraph written about the Gaza war by someone who ought to know better: The fighting, death and destruction in Gaza is painful to watch. But it’s all too familiar. It’s the latest version of the longest-running play in the modern Middle East, which,...

America needs more than a reboot. We need some snazzy new peripherals–new energy generation and distribution system, new mass transit system, new telecom infrastructure, massive clean-up and realignment of wealth–it’s time to tear down the blue drapes that have given our statue of ...

Here's a paragraph from Friedman's excellent column this morning: But while capitalism has saved China, the end of communism seems to have slightly unhinged America. We lost our two biggest ideological competitors — Beijing and Moscow. Everyone needs a competitor. It keeps you disciplined. But onc...

The economy is in a pathetic shape crying for help. I see it everywhere around. Job market is scary. The shops / malls are not crowded at all !! Bad news everywhere. Fairfield has lost quite a few businesses: Linens and things, Mervyn's, Circuit City to name a few. I hope it doesn't become a ghost t...

by David Sirota | Open Left Tom Friedman has been the most aggressive and well-known spokesman for know-nothingist free trade, job outsourcing and sending blue-collar kids off to die in wars for oil. His advocacy is a form of loyalty to class, considering he’s spent most of his adult life...

The press in recent times has been all about the press. The Murdoch takeover last Fall of The Wall Street Journal dominated the news for weeks . Is he a white knight or a spoiler? Beyond that, there have been many articles recently about the glum future of newspapers. Are they dying? Can the Interne...