If Ms Rousseff does manage to whip Congress back into line using a mix of threats, promises and appeals to self-interest, her reward could be cleaner politics.
Or should we think about this issue from the perspective of addiction counselors and rephrase the question: Should we reward self-destructive behavior by providing more money to corrupt political elites in Greece?
In keeping with the anti-elitism of his boss, Rupert Murdoch, Thomson has always been publicly dismissive of the Pulitzers and other journalism awards, saying they reward exactly the kind of prolix, self-important writing readers can do without.