Rice dissects American policies

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 6, 2013

For people with a palate for intellectual, social and physical nourishment, the annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA is a not-to-be-missed event.

Friedman responds to criticism over ‘bought and paid for’ jab at Congress

Published on December 20, 2011

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said that he should have used a more "precise term" when he wrote that congressional ovations for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were "bought and paid for by the Israel lobby."

Israeli officials escalate war of words with N.Y. Times [UPDATE]

Published on December 20, 2011

Israeli officials are stepping up their criticism of The New York Times, slamming columnist Thomas Friedman and arguing that the newspaper is an unfit venue for an Op-Ed from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Rothman calls on Friedman to apologize for ‘bought’ jab

Published on December 14, 2011

U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman called on New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman to apologize for saying congressional cheers for Benjamin Netanyahu were "bought and paid for."

It Only Gets Worse

By Thomas Friedman
Published on May 24, 2001

The long-awaited Mitchell commission report about Israeli-Palestinian violence was released yesterday, and now there is a debate over what to do with its recommendations. I have a suggestion. It's kind of a two-for-one deal. Take all the Mitchell reports, make a big pile out of them, and set them ablaze into a gigantic bonfire. It would surely generate enough heat, and light, to make a small contribution to the Bush energy plan.

Tom Friedman’s New World Order

By Rob Eshman
Published on April 15, 1999

It was 1984. A tough, tight-lipped Israeli army colonel was leading a small group of journalists on a tour of southern Lebanon, where Israel was in the midst of a war. The journalists wore army-issue flak jackets. They listened and took notes, as if taking dictation. One correspondent, Thomas L. Friedman, challenged the officer repeatedly. The colonel stonewalled him. But Friedman's questions were sharp and unrelenting. "He's going to end up wanting to talk to me," Friedman said to a Reuters reporter, "because tomorrow whatever he says is going to be on the front page of The New York f------ Times."