Alterman on Chomsky

[Brad DeLong]

>Hi,
>
>Well, the point of my article was (years ago--a sidebar to an article about
>Holocaust Denial on campus) to independently go back and see if Chomsky's
>critics and Chomsky's claims stood up to independent verification. For the
>most part Chomsky's claims won out, but not entirely.  So there was a
>purpose in refuting most of his critics but exploring where there were some
>legitimate criticisms.

And am I right in thinking that you hold the (entirely reasonable) 
belief that Pierre Vidal-Naquet is justified in feeling on some level 
betrayed, but that the others--the Dershowitzes, the Cohns, et 
cetera--are (as they seem to be to me) total garbage?

Brad DeLong