Yes, that Helen Thomas...

BOOK SIGNING: Helen Thomas and Maggie Gimore, noon, Wednesday, Nov. 8, Taylor Books Annex Gallery, 226 Capitol St.

Helen Thomas, the dean of the White House Press Corps and author of "Watchdogs of Democracy: the Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public" will speak and sign copies of her book, along with journalist Maggie Kilgore, author of "Remember to Laugh: Writing My Way Around the World" in the Annex Gallery of Taylor Books at noon Wednesday.

Thomas has been covering Washington for more than 60 years and nine presidencies and is displeased with the current state of journalistic ethics. She asserts that journalists have abandoned their duty as the watchdogs of democracy and have become mere lapdogs, failing to challenge the government.