Pulitzer Prize Winner: National Angst

Thomas Friedman Dept: The three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, New York Times columnist and author has taken on the woes of the Middle East, the world, and now, its shrinking superpower in a book lengthily titled, That Used to be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World it Invented and How We Can Come Back Again , according to The Star. Q: Americans seem angrier than ever before but also more fragmented and confused. Can protest movements like Occupy Wall Street bring real change and nobody has ever accused Thomas Friedman of being short of chutzpah. In Toronto this week at a time of growing turbulence south of the border, Friedman talked about the national angst that prompted him and his co-author, foreign policy expert Michael Mandelbaum, to write it, and where he thinks our troubled but still titanic neighbour is headed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.