My children, that is. They are hungry.

One way to help the poor mites would be to join us on the Feb. 9 fundraiser in NYC.

Scheduled events so far:

Andrew will regale us with anecdotes about Lord Salisbury, Kathryn will do her award-winning imitation of Harriet Miers, Rick Brookhiser will show round his hand-carved replica set of George Washington’s false teeth, Jonah will do that amazing trick he does with the ferret and the coat-hanger, Kate O’Beirne will play a selection of airs on the Gaelic nose flute, Rich Lowry will describe the history of the ground rule double, Ramesh will give a brief talk on the ethics of blastocyst invagination, and Jay and I will sing the duet “Secondate, aurette amiche” from Cosi fan tutte. A good time will be had by all!