Donald Kaul • November 2, 2009 You have to hand it to the Nobel Peace Prize people; they have a terrific sense of humor. To give the prize to President Obama nine months into his first term is funny enough, but to do it at the... [read full story]
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A recent letter criticized David Rossie for thinking that the Peace Prize awarded President Obama was given by the Norwegians rather than the Swedes. But in fact Rossie is right. Although Alfred Nobel was Swedish and his will...
A recent letter criticized David Rossie for thinking that the Peace Prize awarded President Obama was given by the Norwegians rather than the Swedes. But in fact Rossie is right. Although Alfred Nobel was Swedish and his will...
TO THE NEW ERA EDITORS:Prof. Paul Gottfried of Elizabethtown College, in his Oct. 18 column, correctly states that the nominations for the Nobel Prize were closed on Feb. 1, 2009.Normally, a committee asking for nominations...
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R.A.L. Walker, Asheville • November 3, 2009 The author of the letter, “Feels president's Nobel was not awarded on merit,” (AC-T, Oct. 22), feels the president has done nothing so far to enhance peace. I want to offer two...
By Paul O’Brien, Political Correspondent Tuesday, November 03, 2009 FORMER Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says giving the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama "doesn’t make any sense" and that the US President is "probably embarrassed...
R.A.L. Walker, Asheville • November 3, 2009 The author of the letter, “Feels president's Nobel was not awarded on merit,” (AC-T, Oct. 22), feels the president has done nothing so far to enhance peace. I want to offer two...
While I do not doubt the literary merits of Nobel prize of Literature winners, and the honor is awarded to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced “in the field of literature the...
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