Over the years my wife Mari and I have spent many wonderful months on the beautiful and busy island of Crete. We have come especially to love our many friends there. So, when someone casts dispersions on these people we naturally get a little upset. Well, it turns out that right there in the Bible…

As everyone knows, Noam Chomsky is both one of the world’s reigning experts on the nature of language and the brain’s acquisition thereof. He is also widely known for his views on various socio-political issues around the globe. I have attended several conferences where his views on language acquisition were the main topic, and at…