Tag: oil patch
Extraordinary places…
I have always liked North Dakota's Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. He appears to me to be a level-headed and fair guy. But I must say, having learned of Stenehjem's proposal to the North Dakota Industrial Commission to try and protect a number of "extraordinary places" in North Dakota by putting in place rules to minimize [...]
The promised land?
Amy Dalrymple used to be on The Forum's education beat when she was in Fargo. I came to like Amy from my interactions with her on that beat. When she shipped off to become The Forum's reporter in the patch I was nervous for her (of course I would be, as my risk lens is [...]
2.3 million gallons in 22 months…
My reference point for a gallon is a milk jug. I imagine we go through somewhere close to 50 gallons of milk a year around here. Not really an awful lot a week, but it seems more substantial when I consider the amount per year. I don't usually think too much about milk gallons, but [...]
Well now, that is concerning.
The lovely Amy Dalrymple, The Forum reporter in the oil patch and formerly a local education beat reporter (which is how I came to know her), recently penned an article about oil well blowouts. The article hit InForum late in the day on Labor Day - which I thought was entirely appropriate given that it [...]
A commentary on a comment…
I try and publish all the comments submitted on my blog. Occasionally I will choose not to publish a comment, either because it adds nothing constructive to the discussion or is downright hateful or disrespectful. But I do recognize that some of these comments I do not post deserve my comment. As such, I tend [...]
Senate Bill 2326…don’t drink the Kool-Aid!
It is a good thing I don't live in Bismarck. Heaven only knows how much time I would spend at the Capitol frothing at the mouth while trying to convey to legislators the idiocy of some of the things they spend time on. Things like the counseling before divorce bill (which I had quite a [...]
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