On Jun 7, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> Obviously, I'm a fan. I can understand why others might not like
> him. But frankly, I don't think it says anything good about them.
Yes. There are things I disagree with Noam about, but I admire the guy enormously, and I've always found him incredibly generous with his time. And from what I get from linguists, he's a real giant. Someone once told me that people at MIT find his politics a little odd, but they view having him on the faculty as being like having Einstein on the faculty.
Doug