Friedman is Not Sponsored by Anyone

I don't always agree with Thomas Friedman. For a guy who's supposed to be knowledgeable about the world, he often seems out of touch with life in the US.  He displays this naivete in the following New York Times column, but the important thing is that he finally gets it. Marketing Is Us. And we're taking it to an extreme that is destroying our civic identity:  This Column is Not Sponsored by Anyone - New York Times, May 12, 2012