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Clair McFarland: Just Be Glad This Isn't The Hunger Games
Political reporter Clair McFarland has no idea if Prop. 1 is going to pass or who will win Albany County Sheriff. But she's really, really excited about election day and the spangly diffusion of power that has kept us from being like those people in The Hunger Games.
Clair McFarlandNovember 03, 2026
Tom Lubnau: What In The Hell Is The Wyoming Republican Central Committee Thinking?
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "The body the Legislature created to run the Republican Party won’t endorse the man 58,825 Republicans picked as their nominee. To their credit, they aren’t endorsing Constitution Party candidate Rebecca Bextel, Ilhan Omar or Kermit the Frog, either."
Tom LubnauNovember 02, 2026
Gail Symons: You Don't Have To Vote. You Also Don't Have To Floss
Columnist Gail Symons writes: "'If you don’t want to floss all your teeth, just floss the ones you want to keep. So goes an old dentist joke, about how neglect has consequences, even when we don't see them immediately. Which brings me to Tuesday's election."
Gail SymonsNovember 02, 2026
Joan Barron: Showtime For New Political Parties? Maybe.
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "Instead of being a good representative of the conservative Constitution Party, Bextel came across as uninformed and silly, like what we used to call a ding-a-ling. She is not a good poster ad for minor parties."
Joan BarronNovember 01, 2026
Bill Sniffin: A Wonderful Trip Back To Iowa Heartlands, Land Of Our Family Roots
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes about his home state of Iowa: “Big rivers border the Hawkeye State. We wanted to spend time on both the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. It was a wonderful trip.”
Bill SniffinNovember 01, 2026
Jonathan Lange: Money-Trail Ties Prop 1 To Governor’s Race
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “Forget the carefully-curated campaign messaging. Just look at the money flow. It is glaringly obvious that the very same dark money that handed Eric Barlow the GOP nomination is now opposing Proposition 1.”
Jonathan LangeOctober 30, 2026
Dennis Sun: Worldwide Beef Production is Declining
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Here in the U.S., every cut of beef has its own price and market. This doesn’t happen in other countries. Prices are based on demand, availability and season."
Dennis SunOctober 30, 2026
Rod Miller: Eric Barlow’s Ground Game
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "I'm impressed with Barlow’s demeanor throughout the campaign. In an era when politics is conducted via glossy mailers, rude social media posts and frantic TV ads, Barlow’s playbook is refreshing. Hard work, but refreshing."
Rod MillerOctober 30, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Wyoming Is Not Becoming Colorado
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Wyoming is not going to turn into the gun-control, liberal paradise Colorado has become just because an Alabama transplant says so. A crass, uninformed, arrogant and incompetent third-party governor is not in Wyoming’s future."
Tom LubnauOctober 29, 2026
Fred Harrison: Wyoming Elections — When Certification Does Not Match The Record
Columnist Fred Harrison writes, "Wyoming voting systems have purportedly not received antivirus or security updates since 2022. AI tools exploit unpatched systems in seconds — altering code and vote counts while erasing tracks. AI leaves no fingerprints."
Fred HarrisonOctober 28, 2026
Dave Simpson: Bextel Says Barlow Is Really A Democrat
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "It was the old Tucker Carlson asking questions this time, interviewing Constitution Party candidate Bextel to find out how the overwhelmingly red state of Wyoming is in the process of turning blue."
Dave SimpsonOctober 27, 2026
Gail Symons: Believe It Or Not, Our Counties Don't All Share The Same Budget
Columnist Gail Symons writes: "Prop One supporters insist local governments can absorb the loss. Their proof? Add up all 23 counties and declare everyone can afford it. But Wyoming’s counties don’t share one budget or bank account."
Gail SymonsOctober 26, 2026
Joan Barron: Interim Legislative Work Hangs In Legislative Balance
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "This year there is a pall over many of the end-of-year committee meetings, because the election defeat of so many Freedom Caucus members changed the makeup of the Legislature.”
Joan BarronOctober 24, 2026
Bill Sniffin: The Indian Ghosts Of Wyoming’s Vast Red Desert Haunted Jimmy Smail
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "Some stories are so strange that you almost hate to believe them. But when they are told by someone you know, someone you respect, and someone who has spent a lifetime exploring one of Wyoming’s most mysterious places, well, you listen."
Bill SniffinOctober 24, 2026
Dennis Sun: The State Of The State Of Beef
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "In the last 60 days, our current administration became focused on the price of beef. They figured bringing in more cheap lean beef without tariffs would help lower the price of hamburger."
Dennis SunOctober 24, 2026
Jonathan Lange: Write-In Confusion Degrades Voter Confidence
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “To exempt portions of the ballot from proper counting procedures makes them a sham. Either remove write-in votes from the ballot or count them properly. Anything else is just one more reason for voters to doubt elections.”
Jonathan LangeOctober 24, 2026
Rod Miller: Why Hasn't Bryan Miller And The Wyoming GOP Endorsed Eric Barlow?
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "GOP chairman Bryan Miller and the state Central Committee are sitting on their hands and remaining close-mouthed about Checkgate Becky’s demonstrated RINO-hood. And they have yet to endorse their own nominee for governor."
Rod MillerOctober 23, 2026
Tom Lubnau: A Party That Wants to Flush Fifty Years of Winning
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Chuck Gray is running affordability ads in October. When a Republican in Wyoming starts airing poll-tested commercials this late in the race, somebody on his staff is reading numbers they don't like."
Tom LubnauOctober 22, 2026
Fred Harrison: Why Wyoming's Elections Expose a National Security Crisis
Columnist Fred Harrison writes, "When concerned citizens retained me as legal counsel to examine Wyoming's voting apparatus, I began as a skeptic. But what emerged is a sobering record of statutory disregard and unverified systems that persist today."
Fred HarrisonOctober 21, 2026
Dave Simpson: What's Next? A Plague Of Locusts?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “Threats and dire predictions are coming fast and furious, with just two weeks left before we vote on Prop 1, the property tax reduction referendum. I expect to hear there will be a plague of locusts if voters pass Prop 1."
Dave SimpsonOctober 20, 2026
Gail Symons: Lies, Damned Lies And Statistics On Prop One
Columnist Gail Symons writes: A news story captured Rep. Ann Lucas saying her family home's property taxes rose 70%. Treasurer records show a 1% increase from 2019. Shouldn’t her statements reflect what she’s actually paying?
Gail SymonsOctober 19, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Governor's Debate — Louder And Faster Doesn’t Make It True
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Bextel fired off claims about scams, swamp creatures and baseball bats while Barlow explained the Constitution and the budget process. If you were scoring on volume, Bextel won. But, volume is not the measure. Competence is."
Tom LubnauOctober 18, 2026
Bill Sniffin: $66 Billion Project Could Be Poster Child Of Wyoming’s Latest Boom
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Wyoming, by tradition, has functioned as a boom/bust economy over its long years of statehood. Today, we are seeing perhaps its 16th boom. This is great news.”
Bill SniffinOctober 18, 2026
Joan Barron: Tax Referendums Hot Here And In Colorado
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "Although Colorado and Wyoming have wide differences in their political leanings and lifestyles, the two neighboring states have something in common. Both states have explosive tax issues on their general election ballots."
Joan BarronOctober 18, 2026