This week, Uno Pizzeria & Grill in Burlington, Vermont,  reportedly fired an employee for participating in a white supremacist rally.  Berkley-based hot dog vendor Top Dog was rumored to have done the same, but now claims that its employee resigned. Google fired one of its software engineers over his manifesto regarding diversity in the workplace. Wait. Isn't that discrimination--and therefore illegal? Does this mean that if you don't like an employee's politics you can fire him/her? Well, yes, sometimes, maybe, depending on the circumstances. Admittedly, I've hemmed and hawed, so which is it? Is such a firing legal or not? Read on and we'll discuss...

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