Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times

"...inarguable that MIT Linguistics professor and reigning American intellectual Noam Chomsky is one of the intelligentsia's most eloquent and..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

"...documentary focuses on the work of MIT linguistics professor Chomsky, a man who is not only one of the..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Oppel vs. Chomsky

On seeing the world through blood-drenched eyes

"...demonstrate he knows more about the Middle East than Noam Chomsky. The results were predictable...."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Chomsky on Power and Hope

"...Sunday to hear writer, activist, and MIT linguistics professor Noam Chomsky deliver an address on the subject, "Unending Wars:..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

"It's Extremely Easy to Frighten People"

Insightful foreign policy critic Noam Chomsky explains the upcoming war, previewing his Austin appearances.

"...Noam Chomsky, distinguished professor of linguistics at M.I.T. and author..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

I Am

Tom Shadyac, the director of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective has found spirituality and now wants to fix the world's problems.

"...simply let his interview subjects – including Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, and Desmond Tutu – speak for themselves. (On..."

April 22, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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"...The Noam Chomsky interview ["'It's Extremely Easy to Frighten People,'" Oct...."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

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"...Chomsky Lacks Substance..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Column

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"...Chomsky Lacks Substance..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

The New Military Humanism: Lessons From Kosovo

"...by Noam Chomsky..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Books Review by Lindsey Simon

The Corporation

An immensely informative and provactive documentary about the growth of corporate entities within the legal sphere, marketplace, and human imagination.

"...some of the usual (Howard Zinn, Michael Moore, and Noam Chomsky, about whom co-director Mark Achbar previously made Manufacturing..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Breaking news from Austin and elsewhere

"...Noam Chomsky spoke to overflow crowds throughout the weekend in..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...Chomsky Sucks..."

June 27, 2003 Column

Point Austin: What's Not on the Ballot

The ballot has some choices, but not all choices

"...Noam Chomsky has argued that in a swing state, voting..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Column by Michael King

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Documentary about Lennon's political activism and time spent in New York basks in the legend's presence but offers little new on the subject.

"...George McGovern to Bobby Seale, and Gore Vidal to Noam Chomsky. (One of the growing questions about this decade..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: Politics, As Usual

When it comes to governing, one-liners aren't much help

"...was last in this space, with much help from Noam Chomsky I wrote that (whatever Our Local Daily reported)..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...was "fucking illegal" and that noted lefty MIT professor Noam Chomsky was one of his favorite authors. The Oct...."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature

The Home Stretch

Texans should have a visceral sense of what's at stake in Bush vs. Kerry

"...No less a profoundly radical thinker and activist than Noam Chomsky had similar thoughts earlier this year, as he..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Column by Michael King

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"...regarding the Middle East praised by the anti-Israeli, Holocaust-denying Noam Chomsky is immediately suspect. Chomsky advocates abolishing Israel, replacing..."

June 13, 2003 Column

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"...In Defense of Chomsky..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Column

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"...Tackling the Chomsky Challenge..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Column

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...Featured Speaker roster include linguistics professor and political theorist Noam Chomsky, mad-smart comedians Desus and Mero - who have..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Project Nim

The story of a science experiment in which a chimpanzee was raised as a human child is recounted in this heartbreaking documentary.

"...motives as a retort to the theories of linguist Noam Chomsky, who claimed that speech was what set humans..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Whether this is a real film or a priceless stunt, Morgan Spurlock has the goods on product placement.

"...meetings, cold calls, and conversations with experts such as Noam Chomsky and Ralph Nader and filmmakers such as Brett..."

April 22, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Welcome to the Funhouse

Republicans' rhetorical sleight of hand has allowed them to distort this country's founding principles while seeming to uphold them

"...the most sustained semantic study, other than that of Noam Chomsky and colleagues at MIT, has been going on..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Column by Louis Black

So, What'd You Shoot On?

"...be trying to corner the filmmakers into saying that Noam Chomsky, who is interviewed in the film, doesn't approve..."

March 11, 2007 SXSW Post by Nora Ankrum

The Ant Bully

Childhood's fascination with all things small and squirmy makes this story of a boy who becomes an ant a pleasant, if undernourished, tale.

"...politics (this is like Entomology 101 as taught by Noam Chomsky). It all adds up to a peculiar whole;..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stupidity

Could it be?: a study of human stupidity that's not, um …, stupid?

"...back up his various theories, Nerenberg employs quotes from Noam Chomsky, American Psychological Association president Dr. Robert J. Sternberg,..."

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Call and Answer

It's been a hard spring of politics in Texas; now it's time to relax with a book.

"...Forum in Brazil. It includes also a tribute to Noam Chomsky, the introduction to the new edition of his..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

News/Print

Don't forget to take your bilberry extract.

"..."HUGE" savings, and the slight chance that a nude Noam Chomsky will leap from a giant spelt-flour cake... Fourthly,..."

April 4, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

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