May 24, 2007 12:34PM

A Modest Pearlstein?

By Thomas A. Firey

Further to David's post below on WaPo columnist Steven Pearlstein's recent column proposing a national oil company, I notice that Pearlstein, in his fourth graf, terms his suggestion "a modest proposal."

This is in the Swiftian sense, right?

Steven? Little help?

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