Pulitzer Prizes were handed out this week. Many of the usual liberal suspects took home awards.

On Frontpagemag.com, George Shadroui writes a damning critique of bias in bestowing Pulitzers on writers and reporters. "In short," Shadroui observes, "like many national awards of this kind, the Pulitzer is a political prize bestowed almost exclusively on writers, journalists and thinkers who cater to suitably liberal or left-wing points of view." The article reveals that since 1970 a 4 to 1 liberal/conservative disparity in the prize for commentary. In general non-fiction, autobiography/biography, and history, no conservative has won the award in the 35 years Shadroui examined.

Are conservatives shut out of the Pulitzer Prize because they don't write as well as liberals, or are they shut out because the people giving out the award are liberals?