Thomas Friedman

American journalist and author · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1953 · age 73

Thomas Loren Friedman is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and a weekly columnist for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, global trade, the Middle East, globalization, and environmental issues.

Thomas Friedman is read about 292 times a day, in 37 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.

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2024“What Biden is trying to achieve is equivalent of having a Rubic's cube and trying to align all the colors on the same side”In their words26 November 2024In an exchange with Lawrence O'Donnell during The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBCRead the whole statement

2014Honorary Doctorate of Hasselt UniversityAward2009Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of ScienceAward2006“I was speaking out in Minnesota - my hometown, in fact - and a guy stood up in the audience, said, "Mr.”In their words23 July 2006Meet the Press (23 July 2006), referring to the Central American Free Trade Agreement.Read the whole statement

“Can Iraqis get this government together? If they do, I think the American public will continue to want to support the effort there to try to produce a decent, stable Iraq.”In their words23 April 2006CNN Late Edition with Wolf BlitzerRead the whole statement

“I think we're in the end game there, in the next three to six months, Bob. We've got for the first time an Iraqi government elected on the basis of an Iraqi constitution.”In their words31 January 2006Unidentified CBS program (31 January 2006), quoted in American Armageddon (2008) by Craig Unger.Read the whole statement

“I think that we're going to know after six to nine months whether this project has any chance of succeeding.”In their words23 January 2006The Oprah Winfrey ShowRead the whole statement

2004“What we're gonna find out, Bob, in the next six to nine months is whether we have liberated a country or uncorked a civil war.”In their words3 October 2004Face the NationRead the whole statement

2003Carey McWilliams AwardAward2002Pulitzer Prize for CommentaryAward1997Weintal Prize for Diplomatic ReportingAward1990The Hillman Prize for Book JournalismAward1989National Book AwardAwardNational Book Award for NonfictionAward1988Pulitzer Prize for International ReportingAward1983Pulitzer Prize for International ReportingAward1982George Polk AwardAward1953Born20 July 1953

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Friedman during the WEF 2013

Friedman speaking at Chatham House in London in September 2014

Friedman and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 17, 2017

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Thomas Friedman

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Israel should really reflect on what's going on in Egypt. It does not want to be the Hosni Mubarak of the peace process.
30 January 2011 · Meet The Press, Own words
I think we are in the end game. The next six to nine months are going to tell whether we can produce a decent outcome in Iraq.
2 March 2006 · Today, Own words
I think we're in the end-game now….
25 September 2005 · Meet the Press, Own words