There is a former column that was under multiple writers (same name), that did a great expose on IBM and age discrimination, but I don't want to give said column their due since the columnist had other issues.

If it's really their due, you should give it to them. This value system where you have to punish people if they don't have the "right" views needs to stop. Would you like someone to do that to you? If they did good work, it doesn't get infected by whatever "issues" they had.

Like Bourbaki? Or they all happened to share a name?

Here is one such article - https://www.cringely.com/2016/04/06/is-ibm-guilty-of-age-dis...