A Good Use for Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

Emanuele Ottolenghi When, back in October, the Nobel Prize Committee announced that U.S. President Barack Obama was their 2009 laureate, the president responded that he was 'surprised and deeply humbled' by the decision to bestow the prize on him, despite having accomplished little, so far, in the pursuit of peace. Calling it "a call to action to confront the common challenges of the 21st century," Mr. Obama went on to say that "I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many transformative figures that have been honored by this prize." Many felt the President ... Leer más