I am grateful to Thomas L. Friedman because he supplies a significant function and gives good value. For anyone desirous of understanding the most conventional of elite conventional wisdom, Tom Friedman is one of the go-to writers. Full Article at ShrinkWrapped

Wanted to share this insightful (and quite funny and fun to read) rebuttal of Thomas Friedman’s recent ignorant and shallow New York Times column. Chris Lang takes Friedman’s “arguments” apart, line by line. Cross posted from REDD Monitor. Full Article at It's Getting Hot In Here

This week saw several prominent columnists add their two cents to the debate about whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan. Full Article at The Weekly Standard

Thomas Friedman is pushing his education line again. He tells readers that in today's global economy only the movers and shakers with real initiative can get ahead. Everyone else will lose out to the low-paid competition in India and China. Full Article at Beat the Press