John Brummett, a columnist for the Arkansas News Bureau in Little Rock and author of “High Wire,” a book about Bill Clinton’s first year as president, writes about the columns that won Washington Post business columnist Steve Pearlstein a Pulitzer Prize last week.
“‘What we have here is a failure of common sense,’ he wrote. ‘With occasional exceptions, bankers shouldn’t make — or be allowed to make — mortgage loans that require no money down and no documentation of income to people who won’t be able to afford the monthly payments if interest rates rise, house prices fall and the roof springs a leak.’
“Makes sense when he puts it like that, doesn’t it?
“For once, the Pulitzer commentary prize offers less a celebration of celebrity and conventional political punditry than a lesson to those of us in the business. It’s to find our niche, write what we know and aim for simplicity, clarity and candor.”
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