The Errors of Thomas Friedman

n the first chapter of his bestseller on globalization, The World Is Flat, three-time Pulitzer Prizeâ??winning foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times Thomas Friedman suggests that his repertoire of achievements also includes being heir to Christopher Columbus. According to Friedman, he has followed in the footsteps of the fifteenth-century icon by making an unexpected discovery regarding the shape of the world during an encounter with â??people called Indians.â?