Alex: I agree. The Chomsky/Zinn LOTR link was hilarious. Chomsky is an educated idiot when it comes to politics and economics and “activism.” I absolutely love and agree with his work in linguistics, however. Without meaning to, his linguistic work offers more evidence of God-ordained order in the universe. As a grad student dreading taking linguistics, my whole view of language was suddenly and without warning awakened and changed, thanks to Chomsky. When I found out his other thinking was tunnel-visioned and moronic, I was very disappointed. Maybe he’s an idiot savant?