The National Press Club Welcomes … Jeff Gannon? — Is this nuts or what? Who next? Now if they do not ask him how he got his White House credential then I know something is wrong.

NEW YORK Jeff Gannon is back — at the National Press Club?

Yes, the same day that the prestigious Washington, D.C., journalism organization plans to present a lunch talk by former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, it will also allow the former White House reporter/escort to be on a panel discussing bloggers and online journalism.

Gannon, whose real name is James Guckert, resigned his job with the conservative Talon News last month after it was revealed he had used a pseudonym, had little journalism background, and had ties to male escort Web sites.