I liked James Taranto's summary of the Nobel Peace Prize story at BOTW today. Here's an excerpt:
The announcement each year of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate provides a reminder that it is a moral error to view peace as an end in itself. Sometimes the award goes to dictators or thugs (Le Duc Tho in 1973, Yasser Arafat in 1994) simply for making promises of peace. Last year, when it went to Jimmy Carter, some members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said they meant it as a rebuke to President Bush's plan for the liberation of Iraq...Posted by dan at October 11, 2003 03:25 AMSometimes, though, the Nobel Peace Prize goes to someone who deserves it--someone who uses nonviolent means in pursuit of worthy ends. Laureates in this class include the Martin Luther King (1964), Andrei Sakharov (1975), Lech Walesa (1983) and the Dalai Lama (1989). Happily, this year's laureate, Iranian human-rights activist Shirin Ebadi, falls into this category.