Tag: Tom Friedman

Here’s Tom Friedman’s op-ed in yesterday’s NY Times. As always, I agreed with most of it. But I point out two things: 1) He has a keen mind — one with which he has done quite well — but his …

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A few people around here routinely tell me to knock off my “the sky is falling” assessment of the state of the planet.  Whether these folks are oil company shills or simply just silly optimists is something I’ll probably never know.  …

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Two pieces on sustainability for your consideration:  1) I don’t know anyone who doesn’t admire the insight — not to mention the popularity — of best-selling business author and NY Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman.  Here’s a good article he …

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I spent a chunk of the day hunting up mailing addresses for the most influential folks in environmentalism/sustainability I could find — the Al Gores and Bill McKibbens of the world. I’d like to send a a signed copy of …

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I received an email from renewable energy rock star Bill Paul just now:  just fyi — following is from tom friedman’s column this morning.  Obama-ism posits that we are now in a hypercompetitive global economy, where the country that thrives …

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From today’s Tom Friedman column in the New York Times: Obama-ism posits that we are now in a hypercompetitive global economy, where the country that thrives will be the one that brings together the most educated, creative and diverse work …

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