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Published On 4 Oct Sounds rather, um, tribal. Who knows: this tribalism article may set the stage for that very book. Call it the tribe of the rich. More from Author. Most Read. Pakistan on top as Australia chase in T20 cricket semi-final. Poland-Belarus border crisis deepens: Live updates. Sudan army chief names new governing Sovereign Council. Thomas L. Friedman is an internationally renowned author, reporter, and, columnist.

Friedman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 20, , and grew up in the middle-class Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park. It was a visit to Israel with his parents during Christmas vacation in —69 that stirred his interest in the Middle East, and it was his high school journalism teacher, Hattie Steinberg, who inspired in him a love of reporting and newspapers.

Fun fact: St. Sandel and author Peggy Orenstein all grew up around St. Louis Park in the s and early 70s — and most of them went to St. Louis Park High School and the local Hebrew school. The Coen brothers once compared St.