(2003-08-27) Krassner At Ny Press

Paul Krassner is now writing for NyPress. His kickoff from last week and this week's piece on the application of Satirical Prophecy to Reality Tv programming. My second columnist was Robert Anton Wilson... In 1970, I became the only plaintiff in the first lawsuit to declare the Abortion laws unconstitutional in New York State. Later, various women's groups joined the suit, and ultimately the New York legislature repealed the criminal sanctions against abortion, prior to the Supreme Court decision in Roe Vs Wade... My name was on a list of 65 "radical" campus speakers, compiled by the House Internal Security Committee. Their blacklist was published in the Ny Times and picked up by newspapers across the country. My college bookings suddenly stopped... Irreverence is now an industry. the Realist served its purpose, though - to communicate without compromise - and today other voices, in print, on cable tv and especially on the internet, are following in that same tradition. The last words of my final issue, published in 2001, came from Kurt Vonnegut: "Your planet's immune system is trying to get rid of you."