Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, Rep. Cliff Stearns, and Rep. Ron Paul say “no,” and have sent a letter to the President asking him to request congressional consent, which they expect would be speedily given. They point to the example of President Theodore Roosevelt, who created a committee, including the Chief Justice, to hold Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace […]
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The psychology of prizes
Obama’s Nobel Prize brought to mind a vaguely remembered line in a novel by Thomas Bernhard (I think it was Wittgenstein’s Nephew but only because that is the only novel of his I remember reading) to the effect that nothing is as humiliating as being given a prize. Bernhard was famously splenetic, as were the […]
Would an Act of Congress Be Required to Allow President Obama To Accept the Nobel Peace Prize?
[Note FURTHER UPDATE below.] J.P. Freire (Washington Examiner) asks this, in relation to the constitutional provision that reads (emphasis added), No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, […]
On Obama’s Nobel
Unlike some, I don’t think the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama during his first year in office is all that shocking. For many years the Nobel Peace Prize has been given as much if not more for what the committee hopes recipients will accomplish as for what they’ve already done. Just […]
Top Ten Reasons Obama Won the Nobel Peace Prize
With David Letterman somewhat distracted, I thought I’d solicit nominations for a top 10 list. Here’s a few to start off: Consolation prize for losing the Olympics Who gives a rat’s you-know-what about Afghanistan, anyway The Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology were already taken “We couldn’t give an ‘un-prize’ to George W. Bush, […]