UNR journalism professor Jake Highton weighs in on the Terri Patraw and Hussein Hussein cases: "Hussein firing profoundly disturbing." (Knowing the names of the people in the previous sentence will show up when they search for their names on line, I already feel the "chilling effects" I commented about on  Ryan Jerz's blog.)

I've mentioned Highton's fearlessness before; scroll down to "No media reputation is left unstained" in his blog archives. However, he concludes yesterday's entry by saying, "The [Hussein] ruling leaves all UNR professors vulnerable." I'd say he's right.

The two cases are disturbing to me, too. None of us know all the details, and we don't know which of conflicting details we can believe. Based on what has been in the media, I would be reluctant to fire either Patraw or Hussein. That leaves me to wonder what the real reasons UNR fired them were.

Again referring to Jerz's experiences, I have never used the names Anon Ymous or Anonymous Anonymous. And even though I am an anonydouche, he has never treated me like one.