Last night I was listening to the BBC World Service before I drifted off to sleep, and the weekend interview was Noam Chomsky. Very enlightening! He spoke about how he became a linguist, and also about current events. He said something interesting about the evolution of protesting since Vietnam. In the 60's, they waited years to protest the war. With the situation in Iraq, people were protesting the war before there was a war.
I also was very happy to finally learn how to pronounce "Noam Chomsky."
In case you were wondering, the web is abound with Chomsky linkage:
As I proof this, I realize that I sound like a deranged fan. Note that the above links and observations are not meant to be creepy, but rather, a starting point for more scholarship....that won't have anything to do with the MIT email address that likely goes to his administrative assistant.
Posted by Julie Young at December 21, 2003 11:31 PM