"Paul Krassner" is an American author, journalist, comedian, and the founder, editor and a frequent contributor to the freethought magazine The Realist, first published in 1958. Krassner became a key figure in the counterculture of the 1960s as a member of Ken Kesey/ Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and a founding member of the Youth International Party/Yippies.

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He may have died relatively young but he made up for it in quality if not quantity of years.

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It was hard to say sometimes whether he was being provocative for its own sake or if he was just being drunk and stoned and irresponsible.

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For years, reality has been nipping at the heels of satire. Now, it's finally caught up. I don't need to make this stuff up.

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