Murder at the Conspiracy Convention And Other American Absurdities by Paul Krassner, with an introduction by George Carlin. Paul Krassner has been making countercultural history for more than 40 years. He was a co-founder of the Youth International Party, the Yippies. A former Merry Prankster and founder/editor of the journal The Realist, Krassner is perhaps the most outrageous cultural critic of this era. Inscribed specifically for our school and signed by Paul Krassner.