Patriots? President of Shaw University Fires a Professor and Evicts a Student for Disloyalty

RALEIGH, NC At Shaw University during fall 2002, Gale Isaacs, long-time professor and chair of the Allied Health Department, was fired for co-authoring a faculty resolution that criticized the University's president and Board of Trustees. President Talbert O. Shaw personally fired her for "faithlessness [and] disloyalty." More --->

Interestingly enough, I recently had a discussion with a co-worker who pointed out that while actions like this aren't directly attributable to the President of the United States, his party, statements and demeanor make it probable that the "mindset in office" sets the stage for vermin like this crawl out of the crack it's been living in for nine years.

If you think firing a professor for exercising her first amendment rights is chilling, read the entire text of the Patriot Act II (as proposed) and this analysis.

Finally, The Onion has their own take on it.