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From Douthat's glass house
Political Animal — ... about what we would have heard had the president chosen this path: "Ooooh! He refused it! Who does he think he is? Le Duc Tho? Sartre? Whatever happened to No-Drama Obama?" The column goes on to argue about oppressed international heroes who deserve more attention. Of course, it's worth noting that Douthat hasn't actually written about any of these people before. Perhaps the most striking angle, though, is the irony of the column itself. After all, when it comes to receiving high-profile, sought-after honors after a brief public career, based largely on hopes of future ...

Whose Missed Opportunity?
Comments from Left Field — ... and all the overzealous Obamaphiles, at home and abroad, who poured their post-Christian, post-Marxist yearnings into the vessel of his 2008 campaign. Here was a chance to establish himself, definitively, as an American president — too self-confident to accept an unearned accolade, and too instinctively democratic to go along with European humbug. He didn’t take it. Instead, he took the Nobel Peace Prize. Big mistake. Uh, care to remove that mote in your eye, Ross? It’s strange ...

Whose Missed Opportunity?
The Moderate Voice — ... and all the overzealous Obamaphiles, at home and abroad, who poured their post-Christian, post-Marxist yearnings into the vessel of his 2008 campaign. Here was a chance to establish himself, definitively, as an American president — too self-confident to accept an unearned accolade, and too instinctively democratic to go along with European humbug. He didn’t take it. Instead, he took the Nobel Peace Prize. Big mistake. Uh, care to remove that mote in your eye, Ross? It’s strange ...