"The Prophylactic Peace Prize"

By G, Murphy Donovan

"The Nobel Peace Prize has now become, like the American literary Pulitzer, a certification of political correctness. The Nobel nominating process closed a mere two weeks after Barak Obama took office. With less than a year in office, Obama's prize can not be based on anything except campaign rhetoric and dubious liberal expectations. The award also will be interpreted as a repudiation of the Bush era. Out of over a hundred candidates, a man with little or no actual achievements has been coroneted. When you examine the context, the award is not that much of a surprise; and, like scoreless soccer, this award fairly drips with irony."

more