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Thomas Friedman

• November 8 -- About That "Stagnant Economy"…
How quickly things can turn around in two days.

• October 14 -- Post-Vacation Tom Friedman, Rested and Rabid After Bush
Columnist Thomas Friedman, rested and rabid after his vacation: "By exploiting the emotions around 9/11, Mr. Bush took a far-right agenda on taxes, the environment and social issues -- for which he had no electoral mandate -- and drove it into a 9/12 world. In doing so, Mr. Bush made himself the most divisive and polarizing president in modern history."

• June 30 -- Come Back, Tom Friedman: All's Forgiven
The Times has found a substitute for columnist Thomas Friedman, who's taking a sabbatical. Editorial page editor Gail Collins calls Barbara Ehrenreich a "brilliant social critic, historian and political commentator." Collins forgot to mention "and zealous socialist."

• May 17 -- Except for the "Killing U.S. Soldiers" Part, That Is
"Tyranny Of the Minorities," Thomas Friedman's Sunday column, opens on this provocative note.

• May 6 -- Rumsfeld Gets the Bum’s Rush, Squared
While the front page and the Web site emphasize trouble for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, columnists Maureen Dowd and Thomas Friedman both want Rumsfeld fired, “today, not tomorrow or next month, today.”

• March 29 -- Tom Friedman's Bipartisan Fantasy
The Times columnist is dreaming of a Kerry-McCain ticket.

• February 2 -- The Republican's "Shameful Coalition"
Columnist Thomas Friedman take on the 2004 campaign is chock full of "libertarian nuts" and other limited-government flakes.

• October 30 -- Bush's "Radical Conservatism" a Problem in Iraq
Pro-war columnist Thomas Friedman wonders if Bush can succeed in Iraq, given his radical conservatism.

• May 5 -- Bush’s “Radical Right” Agenda?
Columnist Thomas Friedman accuses conservatives of using the war as an excuse to drive “its radical right agenda at home.”

• April 14 -- Sand In Friedman’s Gears
Thomas Friedman knows why Arab countries don’t like us: “Partly it's because America has used its power out here more to defend oil and Israel than democracy.” But isn’t Israel the sole democracy in the Middle East?