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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
Dennis Sun: Looking Forward to Election Day
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Maybe people in Washington, D.C. think off-road vehicles are like golf carts and cause no damage, but there is a reason there are no knobby tires or four-wheel drive on golf carts."
Dennis SunOctober 16, 2026
Jonathan Lange: Prop 1 Re-Balances What Outsiders Skewed
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "Don’t let the dark money fool you again. Proposition 1 is not a 50% reduction of property tax. It is not even a 50% reduction of residential property tax. I will be voting for Prop 1. Once you understand the real issue, I think that you will, too."
Jonathan LangeOctober 16, 2026
Rod Miller: Governor's Debate — Swamp Monsters, Short People, And Deep-State Bureaucrats
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "The kindest thing that can be said of Rebecca Bextel's debate performance is that her hair never really ignited, it just smoldered several times. She revealed that she has less of an understanding of the role of governor than does Ken Casner."
Rod MillerOctober 16, 2026
Ken Buck: France's Debt Crisis Offers a Cautionary Lesson for US Lawmakers
Columnist Ken Buck writes, "France's debt crisis offers a glimpse of what's to come if lawmakers in Washington cannot prove those perceptions wrong and work together to get our national debt on a sustainable, downward path."
Ken BuckOctober 15, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Dealing With Election Cognitive Bias, Or Missing The Gorilla In The Room
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "As voters, we have to tune out the slogans and the name-calling and ask a simple question: Does this candidate have the skills to do the job, or is this just another blowhard tossing out catchphrases that tickle our biases?"
Tom LubnauOctober 15, 2026
Rod Miller: The Ghost Of Oral Eathorne And Election Trick-Or-Treating
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Oral Eathorne – erstwhile leader of Wyoming’s Republicans – endorses not the GOP nominee, but the fringe candidate from the tiny Constitution Party, Rebecca Bextel, who abandoned the GOP. How’s THAT for weird?"
Rod MillerOctober 13, 2026
Fred Harrison: The Delusion Of The Sovereign Self — Lindsay Clancy, The Lone Juror, And The Battle For The American Soul
Columnist Fred Harrison writes, "Outside the Plymouth courthouse, a grotesque spectacle unfolded. Hundreds of women, cloaked in pink and clutching signs, gathered not to mourn the dead children, but to canonize the woman who killed them."
Fred HarrisonOctober 13, 2026
Dave Simpson: No Thanks. I Won't 'Turn Off Fox News'
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “Those of us with high mileage on our odometers remember what the news media was like in the days before Fox News. The nightly news was all put together by dedicated liberals. And that was the only option.”
Dave SimpsonOctober 12, 2026
Gail Symons: Stop Fighting Everyone And Explain Why You Deserve Our Votes
Columnist Gail Symons writes, "For the first time since 1974, I won't vote for the Republican nominee for U.S. House or U.S. Senate. That's not an easy decision, and it doesn't mean I've abandoned my principles. It means I'm applying them."
Gail SymonsOctober 12, 2026
Bill Sniffin: Fall Colors Remind Of Three Great Photographers, Randy, Ted, Daryl
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “I have always loved the fall colors in Wyoming. Photographing this beauty is not as easy as it might look. Three of the best were Randy Wagner, Ted Carlson, and Daryl Hunter.”
Bill SniffinOctober 11, 2026
Joan Barron: In The Golden Age, Our Delegation Wasn't Afraid Of Voters
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "In the golden age when Wyoming had remarkable representation in both the Senate and House, we had Gale McGee, Cliff Hansen, Teno Roncalio, Dick Cheney and Alan Simpson. They relished debates so they could show off what they knew. They weren’t afraid of their voters."
Joan BarronOctober 11, 2026
Jonathan Lange: Speak, Vote And Pray As God Teaches You
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “November 3rd calls us to vote according to the judgment of God’s Word. November 4th calls us to stop judging and pray that God would grant grace to those elected.”
Jonathan LangeOctober 09, 2026
Dennis Sun: Beef and Diesel, Are They Related?
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "High diesel prices couldn’t have come at a worse time for agriculture, as it is harvest time for farmers. Tractors, combines and other machinery are running 24 hours, seven days a week, and don’t forget about the large trucks moving products to storage or markets."
Dennis SunOctober 09, 2026
Rod Miller: Balls And Strikes In Grand Teton National Park
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Beneath the shadow of the Grand Trump, in Grand Trump National Park – formerly known as Grand Teton National Park – the first major league baseball game in Wyoming’s long history is about to commence."
Rod MillerOctober 09, 2026
Ken Buck: Socialists Despise Religion. It's Time We Start Packing the Pews Again.
Columnist Ken Buck writes, "Socialists want to mitigate and minimize religion because it stands in the way of their goal, which is to amass power for themselves. Places of worship have an opportunity to reclaim their rightful role in our communities and our country, and it starts by ordinary Americans filling the pews again."
Ken BuckOctober 08, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Setting Barlow’s Record Straight
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "In the 2026 governor’s race, much has been said about Eric Barlow’s supposed opposition to fossil fuels. Those statements are untrue. I know because I lived through, and took part in, the split estates debate when it happened."
Tom LubnauOctober 08, 2026
Fred Harrison: Who Educates Our Children? Wyoming Needs Freedom, Not Stagnation
Columnist Fred Harrison writes, "Wyoming’s homeschooling families and independent schools prove every day that when parents are in charge and teachers focus on real subject matter, children thrive. Wyoming must break free from federal bureaucracy, court-ordered stagnation, and union control."
Fred HarrisonOctober 07, 2026
Dave Simpson: Will There Be Anarchy If Prop 1 Passes?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “At election season, we often hear threats from elected officials that if we vote to reduce property taxes, they will have to lay off sheriff's deputies, hamstring rural fire districts, and cruelly jerk textbooks away from innocent little school children.”
Dave SimpsonOctober 05, 2026
Gail Symons: It's Almost Anyone-But-Chuck November, Choose Wisely
Columnist Gail Symons writes: "In one of my earliest memories of Chuck Gray, he was berating a former U.S. senator who'd come to Wyoming to support the Convention of States effort. The outburst wasn't a one-off, and I won't vote for Chuck Gray."
Gail SymonsOctober 05, 2026