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Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman is the foreign affairs opinion columnist. He joined The New York Times in 1981, and has won three Pulitzer Prizes. He is the author of seven books, including “From Beirut to Jerusalem,” which won the National Book Award.
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Friedman: Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan may be a short term disaster but who knows about the long run
Our leaving may be a short-term disaster, and in the longer run, who knows; maybe Afghanistan will find balance on its own, like Vietnam. Or not. I don’t know. I...

Friedman: Will 2020’s election be the end of our democracy?
To me, this is our generation’s D-Day or E-Day. The American soldiers who landed on Normandy Beach, under a barrage of Nazi artillery fire, on June 6, 1944, were actually...

Friedman: Has Trump decided we will follow Sweden and just not told us?
Has Trump Decided We Will Follow Sweden and Just Not Told Us?

Friedman: What America needs next: A Biden national unity Cabinet
In the last Democratic debate, Joe Biden declared that he would nominate a woman as his vice-presidential running mate. That felt right at the time. But times have changed.

Friedman: A plan to get America back to work
As so many of our businesses shut down and millions begin to be laid off, some experts are beginning to ask:

Friedman: Our new historical divide: B.C. and A.C. — the world before corona and the world after
We have not even begun to fully grasp what the A.C. world will look like, but here are some trends I’m watching.

Friedman: Forget Super Tuesday; Itap the day after that matters
I’m writing this column well before Super Tuesday is over, but thatap OK because, in my view, all that matters now is what happens on Super Wednesday.