Two articles of interest appeared in the Wall Street Journal making some interesting pitches on how to revive the American economy. Christina Romer suggests that business and government combine forces in order to boost private-sector hiring. Paul Kedrosky and Brad Feld want to see more immigrant investors come into the country in order to play there trade (and surely create a new tax base).

Cross-posted at RudyCarrera.com.

On first look, Michael Arrington comes off as an unprofessional jerk for blasting the program ‘Video Professor’ without having the other side of the story discussed. Arrington, however, may have broken a now-worthless taboo on second look, and it will hopefully send shock-waves in the journalistic world. One of the reasons no one with any common sense trusts the media is because they present an objectivity that patently false. To see someone express their opinion freely may be a signal for journalistic change in the U.S. This may not make the cut at the Columbia Journalism Review, but for people who want to hear an opinion, this may bode well for mainstream media. Why do you think Fox is a hit, folks? It is because there is a combination of hard, ’straight’ news and several opinion columnists doing their thing. The phony journalistic detachment played at by CNN has no takers anymore.

Cross-posted at RudyCarrera.com.