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HISTORY LESSON: What, Gandhi Never Won The Nobel Peace Prize??!!!! 7 People Who Never Won The Prize, But Should Have
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 economic [...]
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE HISTORY LESSON: Seven Controversial Recipients
President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today, only eight months into his term. It’s a bold—and some might say strange—move to fete a president who’s still in the beginning of his diplomatic career. After all, Arizona State didn’t even think he was ready for an honorary degree. Who knows what else he [...]
Changes In Health Care Won’t Stop Medical Bills From Being The Major Cause Of Personal Bankruptcy
Dr. David Himmelstein is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a primary care doctor at the Cambridge Hospital in Massachusetts. Dr. Himmelstein is also a founder of Physicians for a National Health Program. In 2005 and 2009, he helped write major studies finding that medical bills were a leading contributor to [...]
GOP, Taliban & Even Some Liberals, Dismiss Obama’s Prize
Gee, you’d think a U.S. president who won the Nobel Peace Prize might get rave reviews from his party’s activists and polite congrats from top Republicans.
But news of Barack Obama’s award Friday drew a rebuke from the Republican Party chairman, ridicule from conservative bloggers, and even gripes from some liberals who think he hasn’t done [...]
The 30 Worst Foods In America
Number 30: Worst Canned Fruit
Peaches themselves aren’t bona fide junk food; they are, after all, still fruit. But why manufacturers feel the need to can, packaged, and bottle nature’s candy with excess sugar is a question we will never stop asking. In this case, the viscous sugar solution clings to the fruit like syrup to [...]
Democrats Want Credit Card Reform Effective Sooner
Credit card issuers’ recent actions prove that lawmakers should move up the effective date of new restrictions on card interest rates and fees, U.S. Representative Barney Frank said on Thursday.
Financial companies have taken advantage of a delayed implementation of credit card reforms by raising customers’ rates, Frank said.
“This is not the type of protection that [...]
Obama Nobel Peace Prize Reaction
We’re rounding up reactions to Obama’s surprising Nobel Peace Prize awarded Friday morning. Scroll down to the bottom of the entry to see live reactions coming in from Twitter.
Jimmy Carter: the Nobel is a “bold statement of international support”:
Former President Jimmy Carter says the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Barack Obama is a “bold [...]
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.
Many observers were shocked by the unexpected choice so early in the Obama presidency, which began less than [...]
What To Do When Your Mortgage Is Rejected
Don’t be surprised if your friendly lender, the one who invites you to sit down and apply for a mortgage, then ushers you politely out the door empty-handed after you’ve chatted a bit.
The sudden chill isn’t personal. The Mortgage Bankers Association, or MBA, in Washington, D.C., estimates that about half of all mortgage applicants are [...]
Senate Democrats Reach Deal On Extending Unemployment Benefits
Senate Democrats said Thursday they have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to the nearly 2 million jobless workers across the country who are in danger of running out of assistance by the end of the year.
The agreement would give an additional 14 weeks of benefits to jobless workers in all 50 states. [...]
