The value of Tom Friedman His status among American elites is the single most potent fact for understanding the nation's imperial decline BY GLENN GREENWALD    Salon.com WEDNESDAY, JUL 25, 2012 06:51 AM CDT Journalist Thomas Friedman moderates a plenary session on strengthening market-based solutions during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York (Credit: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) (updated More

The value of Tom Friedman His status among American elites is the single most potent fact for understanding the nation's imperial decline BY GLENN GREENWALD    Salon.com WEDNESDAY, JUL 25, 2012 06:51 AM CDT Journalist Thomas Friedman moderates a plenary session on strengthening market-based solutions during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York (Credit: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) (updated More

The value of Tom Friedman His status among American elites is the single most potent fact for understanding the nation's imperial decline BY GLENN GREENWALD    Salon.com WEDNESDAY, JUL 25, 2012 06:51 AM CDT Journalist Thomas Friedman moderates a plenary session on strengthening market-based solutions during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York (Credit: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) (updated More