WASHINGTON (Oct. 9) — Mother Teresa. Nelson Mandela. Elie Wiesel. The Dalai Lama. Barack Obama. The stunning decision to add Barack Obama to the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize laureates is the latest head-scratcher from the Nobel committee, a secretive five-member panel appointed by Norway’s Storting, or parliament. This year’s committee, which leans left in a distinctly Scandinavian fashion, consisted of four women and a chairman, former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland. “If you look at the history of the Nobel Peace Prize,” Jagland said, “we have on many occasions tried to enhance what many personalities are trying to do.” >>>
