Tom Friedman's Flexible Deadlines

every time an otherwise well-read or informed friend says to me, "that tom friedman is a great writer/thinker/globalist/monkeyeater" i vomit in my mouth, just a little bit.

here's reason #14050503043040 why.

and for those who didn't read it, matt taibbi's demolition of friedman in NY Press was one of the funniest things i've ever read. as he points out, if a wall comes down, how do the windows stay intact?