Get Paid Not To Read!

I recently subscribed to Salon, and though I realize the sun is setting on that little rag, I did it because I like Joe Conason and because Arianna Huffington told me to do it.

As part of my $30/yr subscription I get a few free goodies, including a subscription to the decidly conservative and boring US News and World Report. I was pleasantly surprised when they sent me a reverse-invoice offering to unsubscribe me and pay me $20! Naturally I took them up on their offer. I’m thinking about not subscribing to the The Weekly Standard, the National Review, and American Spectator next. Sort of reminds me of farm subsidies for intellectuals…