Lex Anteinternet: Mixed messages.

Friday, April 29, 2016

Mixed messages.

Just when all the local economic news is bad, we get this from the Tribune:

The Sinclair Refinery in Casper is undergoing one of its most significant overhauls since it opened in 1923, and hiring people by the hundreds in the process.

Wow.

“We believe in operating the refinery in Casper long-term,” Ruble said. “With the crude units, and boilers, electrical, all that stuff - theoretically we should be good for 100 years.”

Wow again.

On the other hand, Alpha has laid off 37 miners and natural gas driller QEP reported a $863 million loss on Wednesday.

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Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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