Good Vibrations: The New Peace Offensive

Oh God. He’s dead.

I was at the Jung Foundation’s symposium on U.S.-Soviet relations, checking out the latest in peace movement fads. The elderly gent across the aisle seemed to be paying attention to the speaker (Robert Kaiser, a former Moscow correspondent for the Washington Post, who was denouncing Reagan) when suddenly the man’s notebook slipped from his hand, his head fell back, and his mouth gaped toward the ceiling.