The Ultimate Washington Insider got past security once again (with a hypnotizing pocket watch) and hobnobbed with an odd bunch of major and minor celebs and a gaggle of ugly old politicians and talking heads at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner (The snarks call it “Nerd Prom”). And yes, of course, Ricky Schroeder and the [...]

Devil’s Night with a Fellow Detroiter I can still see in my mind’s eye the exuberant gyrations of Motown’s “Little Stevie Wonder” in that old black-and-white footage with his sunglasses, short hair, jacket and bowtie, pegged pants, harmonica. He’s not so little anymore. As my dad would say, he hasn’t missed a meal in a [...]