Opinion Columnist, The New York Times Thomas Friedman, an internationally known author and journalist, has won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his work at The New York Times. His foreign affairs column in The New York Times reports on US domestic politics and foreign policy, Middle East conflicts, international economics, environment, biodiversity and energy. Friedman is the author of seven bestselling books including From Beirut to Jerusalem and The World Is Flat. His latest bestseller, Thank you For Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations, was updated and released October, 2017. For more information, see his website.