Friedman's Perspective

One of my favorite mustached New York Times columnists is in town tonight speaking at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Pulitzer Prize winner, Thomas Friedman. He'll be joined by the creator of a show I would die to work on someday, Don Hewitt of "60 Minutes" along with the first African-American woman to travel in space, Dr. Mae Jemison. It's a trio worth hundreds of dollars but at RPI the event is free to the public. Unfortunately I'll be working in Kingston all day but thankfully I can catch the archived webcast online at RPI's website. Thomas Freidman's works are brilliant and if you haven't read his thoughts on Arab oil or 'petrolism' as he calls it, climate change, foreign relations and of course, money and greed go to your nearest local bookstore and buy his books. He's even hosted several documentaries for the Discovery Channel including the 90-munute special last month called "Green: The New, Red, White and Blue". Some see him as obtruse, glib, even reverential and also too rich to be objective. Give him a chance to explore his opinions and views tonight at RPI and tell me what you think.