Brand was/is a liberal hack. He and a gang of other liberal profs at IU conspired to oust Knight because of his conservative views. The kid who complained about Knight and that resulted in his firing was the son of one of that gang of liberals. Total set-up.
He was the son of a semi-liberal local radio guy who did the afternoon talk show. The guy wrote a book wanting the release of that Israeli spy (can't think of his name).