Thomas L. Friedman

抖阴ap Columnist

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 鈥淔rom Beirut to Jerusalem,鈥� which won the National Book Award.

Friedman: Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan may be a short term disaster but who knows about the long run

April 19, 2021 at 5:17 p.m.

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鈥檛 know. I...

Friedman: Will 2020鈥檚 election be the end of our democracy?

August 19, 2020 at 10:55 a.m.

To me, this is our generation鈥檚 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...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters ...

Friedman: Has Trump decided we will follow Sweden and just not told us?

May 12, 2020 at 10:02 a.m.

Has Trump Decided We Will Follow Sweden and Just Not Told Us?

Democratic presidential hopeful former Vice President ...

Friedman: What America needs next: A Biden national unity Cabinet

April 9, 2020 at 12:47 p.m.

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.

A couple walks past stores ordered closed by the governor in an effort to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus on March 23, 2020, in Denver. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about three to six weeks depending on the severity of the COVID-19 illness.

Friedman: A plan to get America back to work

March 23, 2020 at 2:52 p.m.

As so many of our businesses shut down and millions begin to be laid off, some experts are beginning to ask:

An empty RTD H-Line light rail train heads over Yale Ave at I-25 during rush hour on March 18, 2020.

Friedman: Our new historical divide: B.C. and A.C. 鈥� the world before corona and the world after

March 18, 2020 at 11:58 a.m.

We have not even begun to fully grasp what the A.C. world will look like, but here are some trends I鈥檓 watching.

J.B. Johnson heads to a voting booth at the Denver Election Headquarters during Colorado鈥檚 Super Tuesday Primary on March 3 in Denver.

Friedman: Forget Super Tuesday; It抖阴ap the day after that matters

March 3, 2020 at 3:01 p.m.

I鈥檓 writing this column well before Super Tuesday is over, but that抖阴ap OK because, in my view, all that matters now is what happens on Super Wednesday.

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