In its exploration of President Barack Obama’s ill-deserved Nobel, this week’s The New Republic cites the academic work of Fieldbrook winemaker (and husband o’ Journal) Bob Hodgson. The Nobel Peace Prize is just as fraudulent as the blue ribbon wines defrocked by Hodgson, argues Jonathan Chait.
This article appears in Cup Runneth Over.
Chiat’s point is hard to argue with, and perhaps another eponymous law is in order:
Hodgson’s Law: Award-winning wines are as much the beneficiaries of good fortune as they are of good quality.