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Pity New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman: His credulous take on the frenetically wired, capital-M Market (as he likes to call it) may have earned him a world-class reputation as a plugged-in pundit and sent him trotting around the globe, but lately it’s been tuckering him out. That’s why this breathless Market savant has titled his latest doorstop-sized manifesto Thank You for Being Late—a phrase, he explains, that he inadvertently blurted to a guest who turned up late to one of the D.C.... Читать дальше...

Editor's note: Marianne Hastings is a pseudonym. The author of this piece chose not to use her real name out of concern that she could face workplace retaliation for speaking out against the Trump administration.

When we asked former In These Times staffers to send us their recollections for this anniversary issue, many recalled founder James Weinstein’s infectious optimism. “I came to the paper dismayed and depressed by a polarization in left politics that had pushed many people into politically stupid and dangerous extremism,” wrote former senior editor Pat Aufderheide. “Working with Jimmy Weinstein gave me an understanding of a pragmatic, realistic, but still hopeful politics.”