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Obama & the Nobel Peace Prize

Today I learned an important lesson: The Nobel Peace Prize is not what I thought it was. I, like so many around the world, was under the impression that the Nobel Peace Prize was meant to celebrate those long toiling heroes of peace, the ones who managed to change the world, the Ghandis, if you will. But, nope, apparently Ghandi didn't deserve one, but this newly elected president, only 9 months into his presidency, and still very short on achievements, does deserve one.

I've heard the Nobel people explain their position, that they are using this as a platform to recognize the change in tone Obama represents in American diplomacy, and reflect how this this change has improved the overall tone of the world's diplomacy, and hey, it's their prize, they can give it out to whoever they like using whatever criteria they like. Still... I'll never look at the prize the same way again. I hope the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is actually based on achievements in chemistry, and not just who improves the overall tone of chemistry around the world.

(And I like Obama, don't get me wrong. I pretty much agree with every part of his complicated view of the world.)