Tom Friedman's Gooey Center

Every once in a while, Tom Friedman writes a bland column wherein he laments the erosion of a bygone worldwide governing class of even-headed moderates which may or may not have ever existed. Reading the synopsis of his piece today, I thought this was going to be the case. However, upon reading the whole thing, I found it to be one of the more pithy and far-thinking critiques of the Bush administration's foreign policy that I've read. And while Mr. Friedman likes to keep his political affiliation ambiguous, I'm just going to say I hope he votes absentee back in Minnesota.