There is a particular management style that keeps things in a constant state of crisis so that the manager can be a hero for salvaging the organization from it. This was Jimmy Carter’s style, except he wasn’t very good at fixing the messes that he created, which is why he lost to Ronald Reagan in a landslide. Unfortunately, even out of office, he has continued to be a foreign policy thorn in the side of subsequent administrations, including Clinton’s. For that (and for the opportunity to take a cheap shot at George W. Bush), he was awarded the Nobel Prize.

Along those lines, David Frum provides his own take on Jimmy Carter’s “Peace” Prize. He’s not impressed, with either the recipient, or the committee that awarded it.