Volume 6, Number 11 •
November, 1998
Cover Story
Houston,
We Have
No Purpose
One
small step for man ... one giant hit for the American taxpayer. D.Dowd Muska
takes an in-depth look at private industry's bid for a free and self-supporting space
program to replace NASA's pipeline into the federal treasury. And guess what? A major
spaceport is to be right here in Nevada. [the article]
Features
Goose-Stepping Ghosts
What does the Las Vegas
Strip have in common with 1920s Italy and fascist dictator Benito Mussolini? A privileged
union elite and the ideas behind the National Labor Relations Board, says Steven
Miller. [the article]
The Domain of the Eminent
Great Basin College
economist Glen Tenney returns to the pages of Nevada Journal
with a look at how eminent domain in Nevada has been turned into a weapon of the
politically connected against other's property rights. [the
article]
1999 Education Legislation
Belive it or not, the
pro-market education reform message is being heard in Carson City. Pat Hickey
reviews education bill drafts for the '99 legislative session. [the
article]
Departments
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Publisher's
Page
Judy Cresanta pens an open letter to state school
superintendents asking them to look at how Texas managed to jump to the head of the
class in elementary school achivement.
Democracy
Knight Allen reports on the problem public employees in
Nevada seem to have with the separation of powers doctrine.
Health
Care
Family physician "Mark Train" tells how the
managed care system has turned his profession into a personal nightmare for him and his
patients.
Letters
The director of the Comission on Economic Development seeks to defend the
governor, an animal rightster takes a piece personally, and more.
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 PILT
Payments and Collectivism
in Inaction
Elko county is
supposed to get a federal tax rebate of around $800,000 this month under the PILT program.
PILT stands for, depending on whom one asks, either Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or
Perpetuating I11-Conceived Land Policy .... [more]
All In the
Day's News
A 25-year-old
reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal witnessed the execution of a
convicted killer last month and then shared a few of her thoughts with readers: "If
the death penalty is supposed to make people think before they commit crimes, we should
return to the days of hangings in the town square. The sanitary disposal of life in the
dark corners of a prison where only a few people stand witness doesn't send a
message." ...[more]
Arts,
Books & Culture
At the turn of the century Nevada's neighbor to the north was the site of some
bloody atrocities by unionist miners. David Kendrick
reviews Big Trouble, by J.Anthony Lukas. [the review]
Upcoming...
Nevada
High Court High Jinks
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