Thomas L. Friedman

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin got assassinated. His right-wing opponents just kept delegitimizing him as a “traitor” and “a Nazi” for wanting to make peace with the Palestinians and give back part of the Land of Israel. Of course, all is fair in politics, right? And they had … Continue reading Trump’s ambiguous wink-wink to ‘Second Amendment people’

Turkey is a long way from Cleveland, where the Republicans are holding their presidential convention. But I’d urge you to study the recent failed military coup against Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. America is not Turkey — but in terms of personality and political strategy, Erdogan and Donald Trump were separated at birth. And the … Continue reading If you like what’s going on in Turkey today, you’ll love Trump’s America.

This column has argued for a while now that there is only one thing worse than one-party autocracy, and that is one-party democracy. At least a one-party autocracy can order things to get done. A one-party democracy — that is, a two-party system where only one party is interested in governing and the other is … Continue reading The (GOP) party’s over

Your Honor, I rise this week in defense of Hillary Clinton. I see from polls that Hillary scores very low on “trustworthy” questions. Well, let’s talk about truth in politics. All politicians shade the truth at times. Some do it more than others. Indeed, when Donald Trump tells the truth, it should be labeled “Breaking … Continue reading Yup, Clinton isn’t trustworthy, but Trump and Sanders are telling whoppers

Columnist Thomas Friedman tries to clarify what's going on in the Arab word -- and the limits to what the United States can do about it.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says our best response to the Boston bombings is to honor the dead, help the wounded, clean the streets and run another marathon.