Who Can Can Engstrom?

February 24, 2012 in Montana

by lizard A PR shit-storm will now descend on UM President Royce Engstrom. I’m sure some are already thinking Wow, this asshole was just making demands that the Forrester’s ball change OR ELSE, and now it looks like he tipped off an alleged rapist so the kid could flee the country. Read the whole article. [...]

Boom and bust and murder

February 24, 2012 in Crime, Culture, Economy & Business, Energy, Environment

by Pete Talbot Can sustainability reduce crime? The Bakken oil boom is drawing some less-than-desirable elements to Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota.  Of course, crime in boom towns is nothing new: think Henry Plummer, the vigilantes and Alder Gulch. And apparently we haven’t evolved much from gold camps of the 1800s — environmentally or [...]