He seemed like such a fiercely uncompromised critic of elites. But maybe it’s always been more complicated than that.

The notion that journalists are the watchdogs of democracy is a standard that Noam Chomsky has lived by over the course of his career. On Saturday, the “father of linguistics” spoke to a silent crowd ...

Professor Noam Chomsky speaks about conflict in the Middle East and Asia at the BU School of Law auditorium Thursday. ABIGAIL LIN/ Daily Free Press Staff Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...