Mike Adams (columnist)
Michael Scott Adams (October 30, 1964 – July 23, 2020) was an American conservative political columnist, writer and professor of criminology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.After many conflicts with students and national coverage of his controversial social media and blog posts, public pressure to have him removed grew and he was eventually asked to retire.He graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1983, and earned an associate degree in psychology from San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas.[8] After the September 11 attacks, a UNCW student sent a mass message to faculty critical of United States foreign policy in the Middle East.[13] Later that year, Adams joined the faculty of Summit Ministries in Manitou Springs, Colorado, where he spent his summers lecturing against abortion and defending First Amendment rights on college campuses.[16] Adams was represented by David French and attorneys Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal advocacy organization.[3] After his death, the UNCW chapter of the Young America's Foundation, for which Adams served as faculty adviser, issued a statement praising his legacy.