Brazil's former president wants to nominate the late UN envoy for the Nobel peace prize. It would, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp., require the Nobel committee to make a rule change, but I think it's appropriate given de Mello's work in Kosovo, East Timor, and Iraq. Still, Kofi Annan and the UN system won the prize just two years ago so I don't know if the committee will want to award the prize to another UN figure so soon. It's not a particularly meritorious way of looking at things, but I'm sure the same thoughts will be discussed in Norway during the selection process especially if there's any sort of rule change involved for posthumous awards.
In other news, August 28th marks the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. It's as powerful an oratory today as it was then. You can read the full text (with audio!) here.
