Silly Americans dogged by the Nobel committee

The outrage! Oh, well. Time for everyone to come up with a Plan B for next week. Oh, and I guess we should all try getting some vision...  From Forbes:

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -

Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week: the top member of the award jury believes the United States is too insular and ignorant to compete with Europe when it comes to great writing.

There's more here.  (Hat tip to Nancy V.!)