Thomas Friedman

Let's Not 'Break All the Rules'

The Obama Vs. Romney Reading List

<p>As the two candidates face off in the 2012 election, the books they’ve read recently and their professed favorites also go head to head. Who wins? Note: most titles come from <i>Newsweek</i>’s <a target="_blank" href="/content/newsweek/2011/08/14/obama-s-book-club.html">“Obama’s Book Club”</a> and Buzzfeed’s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/elongreen/mitts-reading-list-4yyh">“Mitt’s Reading List”</a>.</p>

Friedman: Adios Reagan, FDR

Bleak stuff from Thomas Friedman on Charlie Rose. The Times columnist says the days of Rooseveltian social guarantees and Reagan-era deregulation are over: "Being in politics," he says, is now "about taking things away from people."

Friedman on Obama: No We Can't?

Can star power save the country? Thomas Friedman isn't so sure, and he says we should just look at the soon-to-be failed state of California, which is just an "off-Broadway" version of Washington starring the Governator. Charlie Rose

Hamas Killing a Two-State Solution?

Tom Friedman, appearing on 'Morning Joe,' says he doesn't know Hamas' long-term strategy, but says its rocket attacks, if continued, will kill a two-state solution.