I have never known a time in my life when America and its president were more hated around the world than today. I was just in Japan, and even young Japanese dislike us. It's no wonder that so many Americans are obsessed with the finale of the sitcom "Friends" right now. They're the only friends we have, and even they're leaving.
"Restoring Our Honor", by Thomas Friedman
I love Thomas Friedman. He's the foreign affairs guy I'd most like to have sitting across from me during lunch, making sense of all the stuff flying on the airwaves. He was on one of the weekend CSPAN shows a few months ago, talking to grad students, and I thought he was very warm and personable.
I picked up a copy of his book,
The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization, on a whim while I was at the library. It's pretty good.
