He has finished his first book about his experiences. It is entitled Welcome to the Ivory Tower of Babel. The book includes some of my favorite columns which prove life is indeed stranger, and more ironic, than fiction. What novelist would make up feminists who asked their fathers to resolve their problems for them? Yet Adams has encountered this situation at least twice in his experience. Adams also investigates stereotypes such as Ridiculous Man-Hating Lesbians and Narrow-Minded Religious Bigots.
In another section, Adams details the experiences that led to his receiving a Townhall column and appearing on Hannity & Colmes. I am not familiar with the show, but apparently Adam's appearance was unusual in that both Hannity (very conservative) and Colmes (very liberal) agreed with him. Even with tenure, it takes guts to stand up for your rights, and Adams clearly has an ample supply.
Since Professor Adams is relatively new to book publishing, he is still excited about signing his books. In fact, if you order from his site, you can ask him for a personalized inscription. I have already finished reading his book and greatly enjoyed the experience. Despite covering some serious topics, such as the importance of free speech, it is light and amusing reading. However, I did have one criticism. Two hundred pages left me wanting more.
Disclaimers: 1) I have never met Professor Adams and have no financial ties to the success of his book or his publisher. 2) Readers who believe that the first amendment only applies to certain types of speech may have their preconceptions challenged.
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He's a pretty amazing man, but Adams definitely has the protection of tenure (fourth paragraph, second sentence).
The question for me is "when did he obtain tenure?". When Adams was hired, he was a liberal atheist. I suspect Adams became a Christian after he was already tenured. Given both the political correctness of his university and Adam's very vocal tendencies, I doubt the university would have granted him tenure otherwise. So it is a good thing for the North Carolina students (and the rest of us) that Adams cannot be fired for sharing his opinions.
I'm not 100% on this, but i'm pretty sure he does not have tenure...which makes what he is doing on his college's campuses even more amazing.