Once again there was the usual air of palsy-walsyness between politicians and journalists at the annual Gridiron Club dinner Saturday night. These anachronistic affairs are like fairy tales told at bedtime, where serious news -- the Iraq war, global warming, perjury -- is mocked and put to music as entertainment.... -
Stand-Up Comity, One Night Only
Once again there was the usual air of palsy-walsyness between politicians and journalists at the annual Gridiron Club dinner Saturday night. These anachronistic affairs are like fairy tales told at bedtime, where serious news -- the Iraq war, global warming, perjury -- is mocked and put to music as entertainment....-
By Linton Weeks