Thomas Friedman

Ben Shapiro in The Jewish Press has a great opinion piece on Thomas Friedman's wacky ways and why he is so utterly wrong so often.

Thomas Friedman is a sucker because he believes that he never makes mistakes. Friedman believes he knows the universal theory to explain all political events: economics. As Friedman explains on his website, globalization "now shapes virtually everyone`s domestic politics and international relations." Friedman's theory means that nations always act in their own economic self-interest, that leaders are rational, and that the majority of any population wants economic prosperity above all else.

There's only one problem: This is utter bunk.

...Thomas Friedman is no doubt an intelligent man. Yet he is slobberingly sycophantic toward those who play up to him. He wholeheartedly believes that he is infallible. His vision is clouded by his own inflated view of himself. Thomas Friedman is a sucker, made to order.