Obama and the N.P.P.

The reactions to Obama's winning the Nobel Peace Prize have been tiresome and predictable. I won't rehearse them here. But the choice does give me hope for a long-cherished dream of mine: that I will win a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur fellowship for having a pulse. I have a damn fine pulse. I've kept it up for years. The time is now. Nominate me, select me, and I will continue to have a pulse for as long as I live. That's a promise.