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December 16, 2011

The best Tom Friedman parody ever — and for once, it’s not by Tom Friedman

Posted by Tom on Friday, December 16, 2011 at 2:00 AM |
Warning: Big Thinking underway. This is not a drill.

( NOTE: As I was drafting this, word came of the death of Christopher Hitchens. It seems like tragic synchronicity to lose Hitchens while writing about the “writing” of Thomas Friedman.) In his recent column in the New York Times, Tom Friedman . . . Continue reading →

Two great cities may be destroyed, millions of innocent people killed. What do we say to them, Mr. Chairman? “Accidents will happen?” I won’t accept that. — “The President”, Fail-Safe

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