Confirmation bias, thy name is Thomas Friedman. Leave it to Friedman to decide, as the U.S. struggles out of the steepest recession in 70 years, that our troubles are due to the moral failings of baby boomers, set off by a cartoonish Goofus/Gallant contrast with the Greatest Generation. His column putting this moralizing mush across is so jaw-droppingly sloppy that it seems self indulgent to try to debunk it.
Thomas Friedman at his Thomas Friedmanest*
Thomas Friedman at his Thomas Friedmanest*
Thomas Friedman at his Thomas Friedmanest*
Confirmation bias, thy name is Thomas Friedman. Leave it to Friedman to decide, as the U.S. struggles out of the steepest recession in 70 years, that our troubles are due to the moral failings of baby boomers, set off by a cartoonish Goofus/Gallant contrast with the Greatest Generation. His column putting this moralizing mush across is so jaw-droppingly sloppy that it seems self indulgent to try to debunk it.