I liked Obama's Nobel speech. I may be the only American who does, because it seems as if everyone else is accusing him of being a traitor to the Left and the Right. But I thought his speech was like the man himself; succinct, business-like, practical. The quote that stood out [...]

Yesterday the Obamas flew to Oslo so the President could accept the Nobel Peace Prize. The scene reads almost like a SNL skit.  The absurdity of it is so great that it would be funny except for the "it's real" part. Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize today not with humility, but [...]

There's an old children's joke I'm thinking of this morning: Q: Where does an elephant sit at the dinner table? A: Anywhere it wants. Presidents of the United States of America, to a certain extent, are that elephant. They tend to be big, powerful institutions who can do what they want, and command [...]

The brilliant and brave Israeli activist, Uri Avnery, has written an incisive essay in celebration of the award of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry to his countrywoman, Ada Yonath. Though her award got far, far less attention than that of the peace prize to the U.S. president, Avnery sees it [...]

In his Op-Ed piece in last Sunday’s New York Times, Thomas Friedman cavils about how it “dismays” him that “the most important prize in the world has been devalued in this way.” Let’s focus on that word—devalued—a moment. Is Friedman suggesting that President Barack Obama, having been awarded a symbol of [...]