Yascha Mounk

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On Thomas Friedman

                                         

A review Thomas Friedman’s latest over at The Daily.

The genre of the Friedman Takedown has entered an unprecedented crisis with the publication of his latest work. Friedman’s assault on the English language has noticeably mellowed. Whole pages go by without a mixed metaphor. One or two paragraphs in the book contain no metaphor at all. It seems almost impossible: has Friedman taken his critics to heart?