Assorted links
Marginal Revolution — ... 2. Washington Post markets in everything?  The paper has yet to respond, so do be aware there may be another side to this story.  ...

Thursday's Daily News
Club for Growth — ... Up Slightly to 9.5 Percent - Ian Swanson, The Hill Wal-Mart Buys Protection By Selling Out Its Competitors - WSJ Editorial Obama Adopts the Mikulski Principle - David Boaz, Cato Institute Higher Taxes for Business Mean We All Pay - Geoff Colvin, Washington Post Cap-And-Trade Not Likely to Deliver Promised Jobs - Detroit News Editorial Cap-And-Trade: More Tax Oppression - Richard Rahn, Washington Times Washington Post Sells Access, $25,000+ - Mike Allen, Politico Czarred And ...

Washington Post Really Crashes and Burns Edition
Crooked Timber — Politico For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, non-confrontational access to “those powerful few” — Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and — at first — even the paper’s own reporters and editors. The astonishing offer was detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he felt it was a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the ...

Thursday Open Thread
European Tribune — Washington Post sells access, $25,000+ - Mike Allen - POLITICO.com For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few" -- Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper's own reporters and editors. The astonishing offer is detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he feels it's a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its ...

WaPo cancels paid White House-Congress-lobbyist hook up
naked capitalism — Submitted by Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more questionable in Washington, then along comes this (hat tip Tom). Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth said today she was canceling plans for an exclusive "salon" at her home where for as much as $250,000, the Post offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record access to "those powerful few" — Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and even the paper’s own reporters and ...