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After winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment to global concord, President Obama may face his fiercest battles for tranquility at home. Under his administration, could the culture wars be reignited with renewed intensity? Read more at Politics Daily.

Afghanistan is not that complicated, even if you’re a Nobel Peace Prize winner. The president has made a point recently of letting us see him and his war council at work on Afghanistan, which, according to the generals on the ground, is deteriorating fast and in need of urgent attention. But the truth is that…

To say you’ve had a banner year is an understatement. Who else can claim they ascended to the presidency of the United States, got a new dog, replaced the bowling alley in their new house with a basketball court and hosted house parties with Earth, Wind and Fire and Stevie Wonder? Most people couldn’t imagine…

Why is it so hard to acknowledge that President Barack Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize? When I went online today, I could feel the cynicism oozing from my computer. “Premature ejaculation in Stockholm,” a Slate editor wrote on Twitter, perhaps not realizing that the prize is given out in Oslo, Norway and not the…

The Nobel Committee livened up an otherwise dull Friday morning with their announcement that President Barack Obama will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Once again tipping their hat to African Americans, after MLK and Ralph Bunche, Obama is the third American black man to win the Nobel Prize—the fourth, if you count Jimmy Carter.…

MOHANDAS GANDHI: Achievements: Mohandas K.  Gandhi was the spiritual and political leader of the Indian independence movement and an advocate of nonviolent resistance as a means to effect social change. Gandhi assumed a leading role in the Indian National Congress in 1921 and transformed the party into a mass movement dedicated to ending social and…

President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for his work to improve international diplomacy and rid the world of nuclear weapons — a stunning decision to celebrate a figure virtually unknown in the world before he launched his campaign for the White House nearly three years ago. In awarding the coveted prize…

After 20 years of watching Michael Moore in action, from Roger & Me to his latest offering, Capitalism: A Love Story, you’ve got to know what you’re getting: There’s no pretense of journalistic objectivity; no attempt to temper the outrage; no shame in poking relentless fun at the bad guys. His is documentary filmmaking with…

Reports from the first few days of argument in the new Supreme Court term suggest that Justice Sonia Sotomayor has settled comfortably into her role on the bench. That’s a good thing because the former prosecutor will be challenged this term to decide some of the most contentious criminal cases to come before the court…

Watching the Democratic National Convention on my couch last year, I felt like such a geek, getting all choked up and teary as Michelle Obama spoke. As stereotype busting goes, this was a classic moment. It wasn’t so much what she said —although her words were wonderful—as what she symbolized: black excellence, black female excellence.…