Nation Topics - Tom Friedman | The Nation

God called me one night and asked me to run for president. He almost talked me into it.

A powerful, bipartisan coalition of deficit hawks has manufactured a center-right consensus that dominates the Beltway.

It's time to banish our dangerously-simplified us-versus-them mentality and recognize the world as it is: shot through with suffering and complexity.

The celebrated film tells a familiar story about unions and schools—but misses what's new.

Three steps to establish a politics of global warming.

Americans sacrifice to pay for a militarized, increasingly unequal society. Is it any wonder that people respond to calls for selflessness with defensiveness and cynicism?

 A provocative exploration of what Americans can't see in their war zones--but think they can.

As General David Petraeus makes his case for continuing the war, here's an accounting of the real costs.

Media bigwigs are taking a beating as bloggers challenge their accuracy, integrity and transparency.

Media frenzy to the contrary, a warm winter doesn't point to the end of the world--scientific evidence does.