It’s not quite on par with re-opening the Strait of Hormuz, but it’s what people in Washington are talking about: Will the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner be reenacted? And when? You know, the one that was so rudely interrupted by the sound of gunshots this past weekend, forcing the curtailment of a mentalist’s act (who could have known!?) and the evacuation of the guest of honor while celebrants of the First Amendment dove for cover under tables.

Watching the mayhem from the safety of my living room couch, and knowing little of what was happening, I cheered at the initial announcement that the program would resume shortly. The shooter had been taken down. Everybody was safe.

Now, though, I’m second-guessing my response.

That resumption didn’t happen. The ballroom had become a crime scene, and law enforcement, understandably, wouldn’t approve a return to business as usual. President Trump, back at the White House in an unusually magnanimous mood, told reporters he’d like to reschedule it within the next thirty days.

I don’t think there’s much appetite for that. If things had restarted that same evening, it would have been like letting congressional proceedings on January 6, 2021 go forward after the........

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