Dalai Lama, Nobel Laureates Tussle (Gently) Over Violence

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) The Dalai Lama says peace in the world begins with peace in oneself. Some of his fellow Nobel laureates, however, aren’t convinced. “It isn’t that I’m just an angry human being, it’s anger at injustice,” said Jody Williams, who won the Nobel Peace...

Obama Gives War Speech at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

Nine days after announcing that he wanted more war in Afghanistan to end the war there, the U.S. president – without a presidential portfolio of accomplishment – accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.   As if he were channeling the Christian realist Reinhold Niebuhr,...

No Law Prohibits Carter’s Expression of Faith

Mr. Carter doesn’t quote a whole bunch of Scripture when he makes a speech. But as you listen to his speeches, you get the feeling that Scripture has shaped and molded his thinking. The prevailing application of the establishment clause has led many to believe...