tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14116748.post9150676267786374559..comments2023-06-08T06:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Joel's humanistic blog: Chomsky on his inner anarchistJoel Schlosberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398507139594460538noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14116748.post-82689801678838352952010-03-14T17:58:30.141-04:002010-03-14T17:58:30.141-04:00"I thought since back when Long first posted ..."I thought since back when Long first posted the question last month that it would be more likely to get a sympathetic response if it was asked by someone he knew well, such as Sheldon Richman, who's known Chomsky going back decades via the Cato Institute...."<br /><br />I don't want to leave a wrong impression. I first came to know Noam Chomsky, I believe, when I was an editor at Inquiry magazine, which was before my Cato years. I wouldn't say I know him well. For one thing, I have not spoken with him in years. But it is true that I've met with him more than once and used to talk to him on the telephone. When I was researching my paper on U.S. intervention in the Middle East for Cato, I had at least one quite long phone conversation with him. He was helpful, pleasant and very patient, as the post points out. He and I never discussed anarchism or libertarianism. I knew we had disagreements, and I felt there was no point in bringing up those subjects, especially since I needed to talk to him about a subject of mutual interest, namely, the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.Sheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.com