When the serious becomes Monty Pythonesque: at lunch today shadow of himself Henry Kissinger and Harold Evans (Eric Idle-like) in Grand Central discussing "Middle East Peace".Platitudes and half truths but Christopher Walken, Jerry Rivers aka Geraldo Rivera and Robert Vaughn and ubiquitous Richard Meier tried to look like smart listeners. Oh God why did I leave Academia where you could bank on a few brains?