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Obama's Nobel Lecture: Speaking Truth From Power?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

Obama's Nobel lecture might have showed us that the US has reached a turning point: either the national security monster we've created is going to eat us alive by bankrupting the country or we're going to have to shift course.

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Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is Well Deserved

2morrowknight | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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2morrowknight

In ten months under Obama, America's image in the world is decidedly better than it was under the previous president.

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The Norwegians Got It!

Lester Sloan | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Lester Sloan

While writers, poets, and scientists usually win the award for what they have accomplished, statesmen, philosophers, and other persons of ideas are honored for the causes that they champion.

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Nobel Prize To Obama Defended (VIDEO)

Posted 10.10.2009 | World

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OSLO (AP) -- The announcement drew gasps of surprise and cries of too much, too soon. Yet President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday b...

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The Nobel Peace Prize: Calling a Truce, at Least for a Day

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.09.2009 | Denver

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Wayne Trujillo

President Barack Obama. The Nobel Peace Prize. Wow. Already? After determining that we are still in 2009 and I hadn't pulled a Rip Van Winkle, I then wondered if I was reading the title correctly.

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Obama's Nobel Honors His Dignitarian Politics

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

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Robert Fuller

Obama got the prize not for doing, but for being. Not for making peace, but for exemplifying something new on the world stage -- the politics of dignity.

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The Nobel Prize Committee May Have Done Obama More Harm Than Good

Lisa Gans | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Lisa Gans

For those who wish to undermine the president, this award will prove a fertile talking point for raising questions about whether he will prove to be more about optics or substance.

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Suu Kyi's Detention Sparks International Uproar

AP | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

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YANGON, Myanmar — The Norwegian committee that propelled Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi into the world spotlight by awarding her the ...

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