 From the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., welcome to The Kalb Report, hosted by Edward R. Murrow Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, Marvin Kalb. On this edition, a conversation on freedom with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. Our series is produced by the National Press Club, Harvard University, George Washington University, and the University of Maryland University College. The Kalb Report is underwritten by a grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.