Sarah Palin's "Loyalty" Tests

When the stories of Sarah Palin's book banning proclivities were first reported, her question to the town librarian, "Would she be willing to ban books?", was dismissed as a "loyalty test," rather than a proposal to ban books.

I've been sitting here for almost 2 weeks, wondering if anybody was going to look into that "loyalty test" business. I've worked with people who demanded personal loyalty, and they are never a net benefit to the organizations they work in. At best they are acting out high school issues; at worst they are seriously disturbed.

It turned out the NY Times thought it was weird, too. So they looked into it. Not a pretty picture.