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Rod Miller: Changes Around The Ol’ Campfire
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "It was a hot, sultry night in the Red Desert, without a breath of cooling breeze. All that could be heard was the grumbling of the exhausted cowboys and rattlesnakes copulating in the sagebrush."
Rod MillerAugust 07, 2026
Rod Miller: Ghosted In The Big Empty – Or– The Silence Of The Delegation
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "A perfect example of 'ghosting' happened when Cowboy State Daily reporter Kate Meadows reached out to each member of the Wyoming congressional delegation about Peabody Coal Company suddenly canceling medical benefits for their Wyoming retirees. And the response was... crickets."
Rod MillerAugust 05, 2026
Rod Miller: The Wyoming Freedom Caucus – Our Failed Experiment
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Imagine that we’re back in chemistry class and a mad scientist, dressed in a red blazer instead of a lab coat, is lecturing the class. He says, 'Class, today we’re gonna do the Freedom Caucus experiment.'"
Rod MillerJuly 31, 2026
Rod Miller: The '86 Election, Voter Fatigue & Deja Vu
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Today’s crowded and cantankerous GOP primary street-fight for the U.S. House reminds me a lot of 1986. Make no mistake, the political landscape is waaaay different than '86. But one thing has not changed — voters’ fatigue."
Rod MillerJuly 24, 2026
Rod Miller: Lions and Tigers And Data Centers, Oh My!
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Some Luddites are planning a nationwide demonstration against data centers. Imagine what Wyoming would be like today if, back in the 1970s, we banned coal mines. We'd be eating prairie dogs and paying state income tax."
Rod MillerJuly 16, 2026
Rod Miller: Sombrero Etiquette for Politicians
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Nothing says 'dude' or 'drugstore' more than a politician wearing a hat that makes them look they are cos-playing. So please consider this screed as a helpful primer on the proper wearing of a cowboy hat – a Stetsons for Dummies, if you will."
Rod MillerJuly 10, 2026
Rod Miller: Chuck Gray’s Pickle Over Wyoming Voter Info
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Why did Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray roll over and so readily provide that information to the feds based on a simple request, and not a formal subpoena?"
Rod MillerJuly 03, 2026
Rod Miller: Welcome To The Allemand Show
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Saturday Night Live writers could have stayed up all night at Burning Man, eating peyote and howling at the moon, and they wouldn’t have written a sketch as funny as the body cam video of Rep. Bill Allemand getting busted for (allegedly) driving drunk."
Rod MillerJune 28, 2026
Rod Miller: A Bleak Future for the Chemtrail Caucus
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "The Wyoming Freedom Caucus’ two years in power have exposed their fumbling ineptitude, their disconnect with the values of Wyoming citizens, and their continuing lust for power. Their performance has doomed their movement."
Rod MillerJune 26, 2026
Rod Miller: Make The Whole State Of Wyoming Our Capitol
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Wyoming gubernatorial candidate Eric Barlow proposed an idea the other day that resonated with me, and it’s worthy of your consideration. It's cowboy as hell."
Rod MillerJune 19, 2026
Rod Miller: Backtracking Part Two - Blood and Heat At The ID Ranch
Columnist Rod Miller writes: "So I took my family (the blood) and Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken (the heat), to the old ranch country where I expect my kids to scatter my ashes. Here’s what went down."
Rod MillerJune 11, 2026
Tom Lubnau & Rod Miller: Government Secrecy And You
Columnists Tom Lubnau and Rod Miller write, "The only reason no one has disclosed the advice the attorney general gave to Secretary Gray is because Secretary Gray wants that advice secret."
Tom Lubnau & Rod MillerMay 03, 2026