...Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow) 4. "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 5. "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America" by Bernard Goldberg (HarperCollins...

...elaborate Ponzi scheme of lending, borrowing and insuring comes crashing down. Here is where newspaper columnists - Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times comes to mind - routinely dismiss the idea of federal aid to an ailing Detroit, suggesting...

...A Love of My Own" by E. Lynn Harris (Doubleday) NONFICTION/GENERAL 1. "Longitudes and Attitudes" by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar Straus & Giroux) 2. "Let's Roll" by Lisa Beamer (Tyndale) 3. "Let Freedom Ring" by Sean Hannity...

...from the nearest bankruptcy tree. It is a fate deserved by the American car companies, according to MOP leaders Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times and George F. Will, a conservative columnist, whose stuff frequently appears on the op-ed...