Where I get my 1% of my supply of entertainment: I really enjoy it when Thomas Friedman tries to sound profound. Listen to him: "But my own research has taught me that the most important thing you can learn in this era of heightened global competition is how to learn." First, RESEARCH??? Friedman does research? Have I been missing something in his columns over the years? Wait. I think that he means something else with research. By research Friedman means anecdotal "evidence," and conversations with Middle East experts that nobody but him has heard of, like his friend Stephen P. Cohen or his other friend Michael Mandelbaum. But when he really feels a special bond with Kant or Hegel, he quotes Tim Russert or Don Imus. Secondly, he says it is important "how to learn." I will tell him how to learn. You learn by not reading his silly columns. You can also learn how to learn by learning to not learn from Thomas Friedman.