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Nobel Peace Prize

Her? Oh, That's Just Crazy Old Aunt Peg

Ellis Weiner | Posted 10.12.2009 | Media

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Ellis Weiner

According to Peggy Noonan, Reagan deserved a Nobel because he failed to waste a fortune on a boondoggle that would have made the world less safe. That he failed to win it was "absurd."

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Nobel Encouragement

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

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Dr. Susan Corso

Life on Earth will survive because of the visions of humans like Barack Obama. If you'd rather just complain, that's your right, but get out of the way while the rest of us get it done.

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Bring the Nobel Peace Prize Home to New Orleans

Stacy Parker Aab | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Stacy Parker Aab

The president can bring the peace prize home early if he announces the creation of an 8/29 Commission to investigate Hurricane Katrina.

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I'm OK With It

Ralph D'Andrea | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Ralph D'Andrea

My mind was on other things yesterday, but then Barack Obama threw me a curve by winning the Nobel Peace Prize simply for not being George Bush.

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Two Parties of 'No' and a Silent Majority

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Jennifer Donahue

The silent majority now is the voice of the "independent". If you listen past the yelling to hear the actual voices, you see that this is the position of most Americans.

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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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Were The Economics Nobel Prize Winners "Ironic" Choices?

The Big Picture | Barry Rithholtz | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

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The odds favorite to win the Nobel, Eugene Fama, lost the prize to two other Americans, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson. Ostrom & Williamson stud...

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Why Obama Should Not Have Received the Peace Prize -- Yet

Robert Reich | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Robert Reich

Giving the Peace Prize to the President before any of his goals have been attained only underscores the paradox of Obama at this early stage of his presidency.

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Can Obama Redefine the "Real" in Realpolitik? The Nobel Committee Is Betting That He Can

Mark Levine | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

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Mark Levine

It is up to Obama to use the Prize as an opening to pursue truly transformational policies on the world stage regardless of the potential political cost to him.

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The Indictment of America

Russell Simmons | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Russell Simmons

I'm really afraid that our beloved country, America, is standing on its last wobbly legs. I'm worried that the karmic effects of our negative actions will finally come home to roost.

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Obama Sweeps Nobel Prizes

Peter Owen Nelson | Posted 10.12.2009 | Comedy

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Peter Owen Nelson

After President Obama was awarded the Peace Prize, I received an invitation from Chairman Jagland of the Nobel Prize Committee to live-blog their proceedings.

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Back and Forth on the Nobel Peace Prize

Michael Jones | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

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Michael Jones

"Jimmy Carter and Al Gore, and now President Obama, got their awards for political reasons ... mostly a Scandinavian attempt to embarrass George Bush."

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Obama's Unusual Nobel Peace Prize Just Right for Unusual Times

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

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Sarah van Gelder

It's no wonder that the Nobel Committee would want to encourage an embattled U.S. president who is trying to do the right thing. After eight years of recklessness, there's a lot of catch-up to do.

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Get Off Obama's Back: Second Thoughts From Michael Moore

Michael Moore | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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Michael Moore

Obama is moving too slow for most of us -- but he needs to know we are with him and we stand beside him as he attempts to turn eight years of sheer madness around.

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Cornel West Comments On Obama's Nobel Peace Prize: Hard To Be War President With Peace Prize

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Cornel West spoke at the Central Library in Los Angeles Friday, Oct. 9, and weighed in on what winning the Nobel Peace Prize will mean for Preside...

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A Time for War, A Time for Peace Prizes

Rabbi Jennifer Krause | Posted 10.10.2009 | World

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Rabbi Jennifer Krause

The Nobel Committee's puzzling decision to award President Obama with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize inspired me to return to Ecclesiastes.

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On the Obama Peace Prize

Reverend Billy | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

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Reverend Billy

I never thought of Peace as a word that was moveable.

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Barack's Nobel: A Symbolic Gesture of Hope to the World's Youth

Scott Atran | Posted 10.10.2009 | World

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Scott Atran

The award of the Peace Prize to Obama is a symbolic gesture to youth all over the developing world who have a new hero. Perhaps the ability to simply inspire hope now indeed merits a Nobel.

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Peace and Politics

Paula Gordon | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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Paula Gordon

My first thought on hearing the news was to rejoice. My second thought was anticipation of the squeals, whines and bellyaches that America's extreme wrong-wing noisemakers invariably shriek.

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Why Can't Obama Get Shoes--Not Nobels--Tossed at Him Like a Normal US President?

Julie Farby | Posted 10.10.2009 | Comedy

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Julie Farby

Having the world suddenly respect us is just too big a burden to bear--and the Republicans for one, want nothing to do with such things.

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Selected Takes From Twitterers on Obama's Nobel Prize Win

Rob Kall | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media

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Rob Kall

Here are 50+ tweets: for it, against it, funny, pathetic, many with links to articles. Click here to see the tweetstream of comments on Obama's Nobe...

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The Outrage Pandemic

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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Jeffrey Feldman

Less than a year ago, tens of millions of Americans descended on DC, just so they could say, "I was there." Now, a majority of Americans seem convinced that Obama has personally slighted them.

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Obama Named Country Music Entertainer of the Year

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.10.2009 | Comedy

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Andy Borowitz

In Nashville, country music insiders were shocked by Mr. Obama's selection, given that he has only been in office for eight months and during that time has yet to record a single country song.

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Reaction to President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is Another "Teaching Moment"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

Are we incapable of recognizing the simple fact that it is much better for America to have a president who is admired and respected in the world than one who is despised and feared?

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