Lede of the day

For those who knew Gerald Levin as the almost Machiavellian 80-hour-a-week chief executive of AOL Time Warner, it will be hard to imagine him as he was this summer in a boat off the Caribbean island of Bimini. When a group of dolphins came swimming by, Levin, although not a great swimmer, donned his snorkel and jumped in.

“It was an unbelievable metaphysical experience. You’re entering their world,” says Levin softly.

The piece is about Moonview Sanctuary, a Santa Monica mental health clinic, where, in return for annual $175,000 dues, members have access to a smorgasboard of healing tactics.