Um, yeah, it says "business columnist" right across the top of the page that Jerome linked to, complete with a little photo of him.  It's hard to miss.  But my point was that Jerome has conflated Pearlstein's opinions with the Washington Post editorial position, which is inaccurate.

It's a bit like saying that this diary or this one represents the official ET position.

My point had nothing to do with the substance of the column, or with Jerome's objections to it.  It had to do with proper attribution.  That's all.

Actually, I think the fact that Pearlstein is allegedly a "liberal" business columnist does reinforce the point Jerome is trying to make more than it would if the piece had been written by the WP editorial board, which the kososphere continually lambastes for its conservatism.

For the record, I looked them up:  The WP editorial board is here and the NY Times one is here, complete with little photos and bios.  How nice.

The IHT doesn't have its editorial board listed online, but the masthead lists the editorial page editor as Serge Schmemann, and this page gives some info about how IHT editorials are produced.