If it's good enough to publish, it's good enough to pay for

Starting last week, the Globe and Mail has been trumpeting the success of its Facts & Arguments page, which is celebrating 20 years of getting contributions from all sorts of people on all sorts of subjects. But there is a flip side to this success, apparently, given that since 2008 the paper hasn't paid a dime to the people who contribute to what is inarguably one of its most popular