This is a very ugly, very public dispute among professors at the School of Law at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis:
Mr. Bradford went public in a June 26 column in The Indianapolis Star, alleging he was under fire from Ms. Roisman and Ms. Mitchell because of his political views. The following day Ms. Roisman sent Mr. Bradford an e-mail message demanding "an immediate, unconditional, and public retraction."
He refused, and the two sides escalated their paper war. In July Ms. Roisman filed the academic misconduct complaint against him. He then filed the EEOC complaint against Ms. Roisman and Ms. Mitchell. Three weeks later, Ms. Mitchell filed an academic-misconduct complaint against him. Mr. Bradford then filed his own academic-misconduct complaint against them.
In today's political climate, this is one of those stories that's a lightning rod for people all along the spectrum. I don't doubt that, as a conservative professor on a college campus, Mr. Bradford has faced hostility and, quite likely, some discrimination. But he seems to have, to say the least, some other issues as well. Such public name-calling matches have always been around, but they tend to escalate much more quickly in today's world of nearly instant communication.
(Via Indiana Barrister)
