The American Spectator’s Washington Club Dinner was a huge success. We won’t belabor the play by play like other conservative websites and Chatty Kathies beyond saying the Ben Stein was great, Judge Scalia was a reminder of what a Supreme Court Justice should be, and Bob Tyrrell was in top form.

Honored was the Wall Street Journal‘s ageless wonder George Melloan, who was recipient of the Barbara Olson Award. The bigger news was the announcement of an annual dinner to honor the late WSJ editor Robert Bartley.