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Obama Nobel Peace Prize

For Iran, It's Time to Take One Option Off the Table: The Nuclear Option

Tad Daley | Posted 04.15.2013 | World
Tad Daley

Iran must know that until it rejects the false seductions of nuclear security, for us, all options but one must remain on the table. But Iranians should also be assured that we do not expect them to endure a nuclear double standard forever until the end of time.

The Peace Prize War President

David Bromwich | Posted 07.03.2012 | Politics
David Bromwich

In his campaign to win the election as a war president, Barack Obama flatters the worst vices of chauvinism and panders to the most vulgar and brutal idea of the qualities that define a leader and the actions that ennoble a country. No alchemy of eloquence can atone for the confession of moral surrender involved in such a boast.

The Prize of Peace

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 06.26.2012 | Impact
Sarah O'Leary

The greatest threat to evil is peace.

U.S. Petition Launched to Investigate Betrayal of Nobel Peace Prize

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.02.2012 | World
Coleen Rowley

We suggest your Board communicate with the Nobel Foundation urging them to rescind Obama's award so that the Nobel Peace Prize does not serve to sugarcoat, obfuscate and enable more use of violence and military force, the exact opposite purpose for which it was created.

Is Obama Really George W. Bush?

Aaron David Miller | Posted 06.04.2011 | World
Aaron David Miller

Has Barack Obama become George W. Bush on foreign policy? If the President doesn't catch a break on Libya, he may well be on a glide path to regime change.

Reflections Along the Moral Highway From Memphis to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 06.04.2011 | Politics
Clarence B. Jones

On the 43rd anniversary of his assassination, Dr. King's unwavering commitment to the nonviolence pursuit of justice may be the most important 21st-century moral challenge he has bequeathed to our nation.

Obama Jokes About His Nobel Peace Prize

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.30.2011 | Politics

President Obama took a brief moment during an ambitious speech about energy on Wednesday to simultaneously praise a colleague and drop a bit of self-d...

Obama's Not Returning His Peace Prize

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Howard Steven Friedman

The Libyan assault as well as continued American presence in Iraq and Afghanistan have many people saying that either the Nobel Peace Prize committee should demand the prize be returned or that Obama should volunteer to hand it back.

WATCH: Obama Speaks On Being Awarded Nobel Peace Prize In Wake Of Libya

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - President Barack Obama says he's aware that he's a Nobel Peace Prize winner who's launching military airstrikes in Libya. ...

Donald Rumsfeld: Obama Didn't Deserve The Nobel

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said over the weekend that President Obama didn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize he received in 2009. "He had...

Ambivalence, Idealism, and the Nobel Peace Prize

Peter Henne | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Peter Henne

The United States' ability to improve the world is limited. Economic incentives, military actions, and pro-democracy rhetoric will not push the international community into demanding Liu Xiaobo's release, or prevent other countries from following China's lead.

Obama Nobel Peace Prize Puts Pressure On Committee For 2010 Decision

csmonitor.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The Norwegian Peace Prize committee has a dilemma this year: how to top last year's surprise award to President Obama....

Nobel Peace Prize: For Peace or for Politics?

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Saad Khan

It's time for a new, and truly global, peace award that comes with little controversy and greater transparency.

Nobel Peace Prize Winners' Books

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to "Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China," according to ...

"Only the mood music has changed": Tariq Ali on Obama's presidency

Christian Avard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Christian Avard

Is president Barack Obama the change America has been waiting for or is he another corporate Democrat representing elite interests? According to Tar...

Nobel Peace Prize Gets Record 237 Nominations

AP | IAN MacDOUGALL | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

OSLO — The committee that selects the Nobel Peace Prize winner will consider a record 237 nominations for the 2010 award, a Nobel official said ...

Who's the Enemy?

John O'Kane | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
John O'Kane

To convert a piece of wisdom from Martin Luther King, if we are to move toward the creation of a better democracy, and eventually produce the paths to reach the promised land, we need to face adversity.

Genius Style: Take a Cue From These Nobel Recipients' Winning Looks (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

By Michelle Christina Larsen & Daniela Jacobs at Refinery29.com In the fashion world, an unfortunate outfit faux-pas can go down in history. And cris...

Obama Nobel Speech VIDEO: "Surprised And Deeply Humbled"

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

** Read the full speech text below ** (AP) WASHINGTON -- A beaming President Barack Obama said Friday he was both honored and humbled to win the Nobe...

Nobel Prizes Honor A Record 5 Women

AP | MALIN RISING and LOUISE NORDSTROM | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

STOCKHOLM — A record five women were among the 13 people awarded Nobel Prizes on Thursday, including a writer who depicted life behind the Iron ...

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

Lisa Gans | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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.

Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech: Oslo Prepares For President's Arrival (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

He's coming to collect the Peace Prize, but the visit may not be entirely peaceful. When President Obama arrives in Oslo Thursday to accept his Nobe...

Back and Forth on the Nobel Peace Prize

Michael Jones | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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."

Obama Nobel Prize A Disaster, "No Upside," "The Damage Is Done" Says Morning Joe Crew (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

The cast of "Morning Joe" Friday tried valiantly to find any possible good in President Obama's receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. They failed, but they...

A Missed Opportunity: Human Rights in Asia

Jack Healey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Jack Healey

Our president is afraid of being seen in public shaking the hand of the Dalai Lama. Publicly acknowledging the Dalai Lama's cause would be type of change I hoped to see when I gave money to Obama's campaign.