The Weekend Edition of the WSJ has a provocative article about Thomas Chapman, who buys inholdings in the National Parks. He then presents wilderness and other open space advocates with his plan to develop it, but says that he will sell it to them (at a profit) if they really don't want him to develop the land. His latest project has been a parcel inside the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colorado). Finding no public interest group as a taker, he subdivided the land, built a grand mansion with view, and now is offering the property for far more than his original asking price.
If you don't know about private land and inholdings, this might be a good article to pique your curiosity, and then decide if he is an Atlas Shrugged hero, a creep who should be stopped, or just a man who saw a loophole.
High Country News' article in 1999 used more forceful language.
Also reading today: Rolling Stone Matt Taibbi on The Truth about the Tea Party (DM says that Taibbi is not interesting as too partisan, but LH was very interested in Jann Wenner's Obama Interview); Bloomberg Businessweek on How Facebooks Sells You; American Archaeology on The Clovis Comet Debate
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