Thomas L. Friedman
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- Jul 30, 2026
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Friedman: The quick-fix fantasies of the world’s strongmen (opens the original)
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Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin are drastically different men, but they do have one important thing in common: Each thinks he is the smartest person in any room he enters. Alas, though, because they have all done the dumbest thing you can do as a leader — surround yourself with sycophants — they have all blundered into dead-end wars from which they can extricate themselves today only by eating a banquet of crow. Watch out. There is nothing more dangerous than a reckless leade
Friedman: Trump is fleecing us (opens the original)
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When the sun came shining, and I was strolling And the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rolling As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting: Our country is built on written documents — the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, to name the most important. So to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, my wife, Ann, hosted a special event at Planet Word, the immersive language museum she founded in Washington to promote literacy. Singer-composer Nolan Williams Jr
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