Jack: Jay Nordlinger’s forthcoming book on the Nobel Peace Prize is excellent. It’s like a history of the modern world, told through the prism of the prize, full of characters both familiar and unfamiliar, and well written in the style we’ve come to expect from Jay. More than names and dates, it also considers the concept of peace, which can mean so many things. Is the soldier a peacemaker or a warbringer? It depends, of course, but even when we know the circumstances, we have trouble reaching consensus. That’s why the Nobel Peace Prize is so often controversial — one man’s peace is another’s appeasement or violence — and on and on. Watch for my podcast with Jay on Tuesday, which is his book’s formal publication date.