>yeah, and that's how i came to grill him on this, b/c of his rel.
>with Steve M. wolfe had been the organizer for the Habermas session
>at the ASA and had accepted my paper. so, when Steve had him come
>to give a special lecture on what he'd been doing and to talk about
>his contribution to Macedo's book, Wolfe took pains to look me up,
>make sure i was invited to special luncheon and then took time out
>to talk with me and other collegial things. Steve Macedo wouldn't
>have invited me. He'd heard of me be/c i was lucky enough to get a
>coveted fellowship. but otherwise he wouldn't have invited a lowly
>grad student to a fac only function. i dont' think i am THAT much
>of a hotshot that it was be/c i was so ace. i think it was, rather,
>that Wolfe recognized a collegial obligation he owed to junior
>members of the profession. i see that in Doug, who has done similar
>things for me. Someone who doesn't have to do anything for me
>because there are plenty of people he could ask who are more
>important than i am.
>
>i like Wolfe, obviously, as a person. i think he's an ethical
>scholar, despite deep disagreements. perhaps my view is too biased.
>i happen to think that this was a gesture of the most incredibly
>generous collegiality.
Etc.
The way you are sticking up for Wolfe, I'm afraid his "mentoring" paid off handsomely.
Yoshie