Journal sam_handelman's Journal: Case studies in Hypocrisy 1
David F. Noble, by the way, is the genuine article. He is also a bit nuts.
Nonetheless, he's an outstanding scholar, very careful and insightful, with genuinely unique ideas (some of which I think are harebrained, but that's an unavoidable consequence of the capcaity for original thought), and probably one of the most dilligent and careful researchers in recent history.
The case of his tenure at MIT is particularly relevant, because it was denied under rather similar circumstances to those currently surrounding Norman Finkelstein. David won some kind of judgement against MIT (it was a procedural thing, though, obviously the court couldn't rule on the substance of his tenure denial, or lack thereof), which is unlikely to happen in Norman's case, but Norman is hardly the only US scholar to be punished for the excellent quality of his scholarship.
Anyone who is interested in fixing this country would do well to understand what is wrong with it - Forces of Production: A worker's history of industrial automation - is a must-read for anyone who is serious about fixing this country.
Great post (Score:2)