Thomas L Friedman

Opinion | Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things

My column: Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...

Opinion | Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Hard Parts to Come

My column: Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Hard Parts to Come www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Opinion | Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is

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

Opinion | What’s really depressing America’s young men The U.S. has two overlapping problems: the housing crisis and despondency in young men.

Smart piece by Rahm Emanuel on why so many men are struggling today. It's housing, stupid.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away

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

Opinion | How Netanyahu Played Trump for a Fool in Gaza

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

Opinion | Conversations and insights about the moment.

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

Opinion | Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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.
planetwordmuseum.org/events/debat...

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

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

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

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 | The Flashing Signals That I Just Saw in Israel

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

Opinion | Conversations and insights about the moment.

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

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

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

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...

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...

How did the "like" button change how we connect, consume, and think? Join me and @MartinKReeves at Planet Word on Monday, May 12, to explore the story behind the tiny icon that rewired how the world interacts: 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...

Monday, May 12, join me and my friend Martin Reeves at Planet Word for a lively discussion about his new book Like:The Button That Changed the World. Learn what gives this little button such a huge impact on our lives – from business to media to culture.
planetwordmuseum.org/events/book-...

Opinion | This Israeli Government Is Not Our Ally

My column: This Israeli Government Is Not Our Ally www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/o...