{"id":542,"date":"2005-08-04T14:52:27","date_gmt":"2005-08-04T19:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studytools.psych.und.nodak.edu\/wordpress\/?p=542"},"modified":"2008-01-14T12:58:22","modified_gmt":"2008-01-14T17:58:22","slug":"thomas-friedman-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/04\/thomas-friedman-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Friedman &#8211; Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his Aug. 3 New York Times editorial (you will need to register to read), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/08\/03\/opinion\/03friedman.html?ex=1280721600&amp;en=18d4a862134f2aae&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss\">Thomas Friedman<\/a> again confronts readers with the position that the U.S. is not as advanced in the use of technology as many may assume. 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