https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/19/chomsky-chump-change/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 14:03:49 -0400<![CDATA[I had a funny reaction to the excerpt from Peter Schweizer&#8217;s book published today on Tech Central Station &#8211; The Branding of the World&#8217;s Top Intellectual: Noam Chomsky. Sure, I agree with Schweizer that Chomsky&#8217;s hiding his money from the taxman in a revocable family trust is hugely hyprocritical for someone with the intellectual&#8217;s &#8216;progressive&#8217; views. But what caught me up was the value of his estate &#8211; a mere two million. That&#8217;s not much for a supposedly successful leftist with international acclaim. Out here in Hollywood, a middling screenwriter has got that much tied up in his house. A real Hollywood leftie star like Barbra Streisand is worth a few hundred million. But of course there&#8217;s some justice in that in terms of the market place. Chomsky&#8217;s ideas are banal retreads, not even worth the ninety-cents download price he&#8217;s charging. Streisand can sing!]]>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:08:48 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2005/10/19/chomsky-chump-change-n210070