Some superb critiques this morning on two of what have become our elite institutions--academia and the press, by Professor Glenn Reynolds and Matt Welch (including Matt's comments on Glenn's piece). Matt does a compare and contrast between an erudite college professor's (Glenn) thoughtful and penetrating description of the problems within his own profession, and a self-indulgent whine from an LA Times journalist, who is utterly unwilling, even unable, to see the flaws within his, or to acknowledge that they might even exist.

Both are well worth the read, and provide food for thought on the future of blogging. As Glenn says repeatedly, there's plenty of room at the top--in both the academy and the newsroom.