Those handing out the Nobel prizes have outdone themselves.(The Week ...)(Harold Pinter and Mohamed ElBaradei of International Atomic Energy Agency)(Brief Article)

Those handing out the Nobel prizes have outdone themselves. For literature, we have Harold Pinter, whose main qualification seems to have been his unremitting--and juvenile and specifically anti-American--leftism. He is a worthy successor to Elfriede Jelinek, Dario Fo, and other such giants (whose political credentials are nevertheless impeccable). He is not a worthy successor to V. S. Naipaul--and therein lies a big problem with the Nobel prizes. Just when you are ready to turn your back on them, someone deserving wins. Mother Teresa and other good people have won the Nobel Peace Prize. But so have tyrants, rogues, and fools. This year's co-winners are Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic ...