Foreign Affairs Columnist, New York Times
Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times and author of several books, including The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century and Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
A Hot, Flat and Crowded World In his latest book, Thomas Friedman talks about the need for a Green Revolution to deal with the consequences of global warming. What would be government’s role and how does it square with the massive resources now being asked to bail out the financial system? Friedman, the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner whose books include, The World is Flat 3.0 : A History of the Twenty-First Century and his latest, Hot Flat and Crowded : Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America. Read an excerpt from Hot, Flat and Crowded.
Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
What is Trump's plan for Middle East peace? On his first foreign tour, President Trump has promised "peace" between Israel and the Palestinians. Are there any details for re-starting talks that have been stalled for the past three years?
Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.
Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?