Sparky
2011-05-21 09:52:31
One of the most frightening things I’ve heard in years was the assertion that the single most read living writer in the country’s public libraries was Noam Chomsky.
It would be one thing if he were a crackpot with a fringe following but this factoid suggests that a whole generation of teachers and professors have convinced a whole generation of students that Chomsky is the ‘go to guy’ for any political issue in which they take an interest. It looks as if the educators, who once pointed students to general sources like the Encyclopedia Britannica are now sending them straight to one of the most radical lunatics on the face of the earth. That can’t be good….
