THOMAS L. FRIEDMANhas been awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times for his work withThe NewYork Times, where he serves as the foreign affairs columnist. He is the author ofFrom Beirut to Jerusalem(1989),The Lexus and the Olive Tree(1999),Longitudesand Attitudes(2002), andThe World is Flat(2005). He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
