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What do leftist linguist NOAM CHOMSKY and Left Coast lovely DREW BARRYMORE have in common? (Hint: it's not tattoos.) Both cultural notables took home a prize from the United Nations last week. After receiving an award from the U.N.'s Society of Writers and Artists, Chomsky spoke on U.S. imperialism and Iraq. When Barrymore was named the first "Friend of the U.N." by Artists for the U.N. (yes, two artists' groups--this is the U.N.), she said, "To be philanthropic is weirdly not as easy as you want it to be." Unlike, say, fighting bad guys while in high...
...what is the right bedside manner for a deeply divided electorate? Lately Dean has been intrigued by the writings of University of California, Berkeley, cognitive linguist George Lakoff, the author of Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think. Lakoff argues that liberals, with their "nurturing parent" view of the world, have lost ground in the values debate to "strict father" conservatives. In the middle, Lakoff writes, are "bi-conceptuals," who have internalized both parents. The question for Dean in reaching that small slice of swing voters is, Can he win over their inner mom without seeming like a too permissive...
DIED. CHARLES BERLITZ, 90, linguist and author who explored the paranormal; in Tamarac, Fla. A grandson of the founder of the Berlitz language schools and a onetime head of the company's publications, he reportedly spoke more than 30 languages. But it was his 1974 best seller The Bermuda Triangle, on the disappearance of planes and ships in an area of the Atlantic Ocean, that made him internationally famous...
...motivated by a thirst to expand its empire. As usual, he bolsters his claims with an unearthly number of facts and footnotes, and the logic of his arguments seems all but irrefutable. Chomsky’s relentless criticism of U.S. foreign policy (along with his groundbreaking work as a linguist) has earned him The New York Times’ praise as “arguably the most important intellectual alive...
Since the 9/11 attacks, the FBI has received some 40,000 applications for linguist jobs. Only about ten percent get hired; the FBI went through 1600 Arabic speakers to hire 160 people in the last two years. Part of the reason: It?s hard to find top-notch linguists who also can also qualify for a top secret security clearance. FBI linguists must be equally able to interpret a wiretap laced with street slang and to read a document containing scientific jargon. And, making matters more difficult, the FBI competes with the CIA and other parts of the intelligence community...