In today’s Washington Times, Robert Stacy McCain recounts Christopher Buckley’s appearance at last night’s CEI Dinner.

“You are my kind of crowd,” Mr. Buckley told the crowd of more than 600. “Pro-smoking, pro-drinking, coal-burning.”

Riffing on CEI’s skeptical stance on global warming, he said, “It takes guts, amid all the hysteria, to admit that polar bears love to swim.”