Appreciation …

… Lanny Friedlander: The Eccentric Genius Who Created Reason Magazine. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

… after exploding onto the world stage at such a tender age, Friedlander was gone from the pages of his own creation by the age of 25, drifting out of sight, then in and out of mental institutions. Only decades later did his own magazine track him down and reconnect; by then he had just months to live.