I think Thomas Friedman is my favorite New York Times columnist. Today’s column, Terrorism Game Theory should be read by everyone thinking about fleeing American cities or canceling travel plans.

I highly recommend reading his past columns as well. Having won two Pulitzer prizes for Middle East journalism and having headed the New York Times offices in Beirut and Jerusalem, he possesses a unique understanding of the region and it’s effect on the world.

He even looks like a good old-fashioned newspaper reporter, or at least what they used to look like in seventies movies.

Another excellent editorial is Bush vs. Powell in today’s Washington Post.