As early as age 12 I decided to be a journalist. I graduated with special honors in journalism from George Washington University. After graduation, during Korean War time, I was drafted into the U.S. Army and spent most of my tine on active duty at Stars & Stripes in Germany. Back in civilian life, I became an award-winning reporter for the Burlington (Vt.) Free Press and International News Service. Dissatisfied with standard journalism, in 1960 I began publishing THE CALIFORNIAN, the periodical which, along with Paul Krassner's brilliant journal of freethought criticism and satire, THE REALI more...
