BUT WHY...?
FRIEDMAN IS SIMPLY FILLING SPACE NOW...NO ONE TAKES HIM SERIOUSLY ....
HE'S A SMARMY APOLOGIST FOR WHATEVER WAS, IS...OR CAN NEVER BE...
FRIEDMAN HAS BECOME THE "JOE LIEBERMAN" OF JOURNALISM...
LIKE WITH LIBERMAN...WE TOLERATE FRIEDMAN...WE DON'T READ HIM...OR CONSIDER ANYTHING HE SAYS TO BE WORTH SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT....
HE'S JUST FILLING WHITE SPACE IN THE PAPER.