Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Jun 7, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
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> > 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.
This seems about right. Whatever one's disagreements, he has been a treasure for leftists. Incidntally, he and Ljouis Kampf team-taught some course at MIT in the mid-sixties, and the MIT SDS chapter emerged from the course.
Carrol