I found Thaddeus Russell: Why I Got Fired From Teaching American History on the George Mason University’s History News Network web site.

If I had a category, “And Now For Something Completely Different”, I would place this item in it. In describing what got him fired, the article has the following to say:

I showed them that during the American Revolution drunkards, laggards, prostitutes, and pirates pioneered many of the freedoms and pleasures we now cherish — including non-marital sex, interracial socializing, dancing, shopping, divorce, and the weekend — and that the Founding Fathers, in the name of democracy, opposed them.