Well, I signed up for my next term of classes today and I am taking a class taught by Norman Finkelstein. To be honest, I know he's a controversial figure, but I'm not familiar with any more than the basics as to why. Since he's so well-known, however, I figured I'd start a thread about it. If you're unfamiliar with who he is, there is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Finkelstein">wikipedia article</a> on him (hehe, I'm taking a class taught by a guy with his own wikipedia article
) - of course, you probably won't have too much to say to the following questions though.
So, what is your opinion of this controversial figure, and why?