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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · 8d

My column: Trump’s Peace Plan: Perhaps Impossible, but Never More Necessary www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Peace Plan: Perhaps Impossible, but Never More Necessary

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · 14d

My column: If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are to Save Theirs www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...

Opinion | If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are to Save Theirs

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · 21d

My column: Our Allies Are Asking: ‘Why Does Putin Still Own Trump?’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

Opinion | Our Allies Are Asking: ‘Why Does Putin Still Own Trump?’

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · 26d

My column: A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...

Opinion | A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Sep 2

My column: The One Danger That Should Unite the
U.S. and China www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...

Opinion | The One Danger That Should Unite the U.S. and China

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Aug 25

My column: Israel’s Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...

Opinion | Israel’s Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Aug 19

My column: Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...

Opinion | Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Aug 10

Smart piece by Rahm Emanuel on why so many men are struggling today. It's housing, stupid.
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Opinion | What’s really depressing America’s young men

The U.S. has two overlapping problems: the housing crisis and despondency in young men.

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Aug 4

My column: The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...

Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Jul 29

My column: How Netanyahu Played Trump for a Fool in Gaza
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/o...

Opinion | How Netanyahu Played Trump for a Fool in Gaza

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Jul 17

My blog post: Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

Opinion | Conversations and insights about the moment.

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Jul 16

My blog post: Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...

Opinion | Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Jul 3

My column: How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...

Opinion | How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Jun 24

My column: My column: If This Mideast War Is Over, Get Ready for Some Interesting Politics www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...

Opinion | If This Mideast War Is Over, Get Ready for Some Interesting Politics

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Jun 22

My column: How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...

Opinion | How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Jun 16

My column: The Smart Way for Trump to End the Israel-Iran War
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...

Opinion | The Smart Way for Trump to End the Israel-Iran War

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Jun 13

My column: How to Think About What’s Happening With Iran and Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...

Opinion | How to Think About What’s Happening With Iran and Israel

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Jun 11

My column: This Israeli Government Is a Danger to Jews Everywhere
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...

Opinion | This Israeli Government Is a Danger to Jews Everywhere

The price will be high if people don’t resist Netanyahu’s ugly, nihilistic Gaza policy.

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Jun 8

If you want a real treat, join me on Monday, June 9, at 6 pm at Planet Word museum to listen to a lecture by Harvard's legendary philosopher Michael Sandel, whose Justice course is one of the most popular courses ever, on how to conduct hard conversations.
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Debating Big Questions with Michael Sandel — Planet Word Museum

For years, Michael Sandel’s legendary course “Justice” has packed Harvard’s biggest auditorium, leading students through debates about the hardest moral and civic questions of our time. His BBC series...

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · Jun 3

My column: We Are Being Governed by the Trump Organization Inc. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...

Opinion | We Are Being Governed by the Trump Organization Inc.

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · May 30

My podcast with NYT Opinions: Tom Friedman on Why Life Is Getting Much, Much Harder for Benjamin Netanyahu: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...

Opinion | Tom Friedman on Why Life Is Getting Much, Much Harder for Benjamin Netanyahu

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · May 27

My column: The Flashing Signals That I Just Saw in Israel
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...

Opinion | The Flashing Signals That I Just Saw in Israel

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · May 19

My Opinion at The Point: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

Opinion | Conversations and insights about the moment.

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · May 14

Valuable essay by NYT Publisher A.G. Sulzberger on defending a free press. Nothing more important: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press

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Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · May 10

Join me and @MartinKReeves at Planet Word on Monday, May 12, and get the inside scoop about the disorderly, serendipitous process from which the “like” button was born, and how it has and continues to impact our everyday lives planetwordmuseum.org/events/book-...

Book Talk: Martin Reeves and Thomas L. Friedman — Like: The Button That Changed the World — Planet Word Museum

Join best-selling authors Martin Reeves and Tom Friedman for an exploration of the creation and evolution of the like button and its connection to innovation, business, culture, and modern human inter...

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