Opinion
Dave Simpson: The Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em State GOP
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "How I feel about Liz Cheney isn't influenced by how many county Republican party groups censure her, fail to recognize her walking down the street, or take back her secret GOP decoder ring. What they do has nothing to do with how this former supporter feels about Liz (it's not good)..."
Dave SimpsonJanuary 18, 2022
Dave Simpson: Clowns To The Left, Jokers To The Right
Columnis Dave Simpson writes: "Let's tie up some loose ends as last year disappears over the horizon, and the new year lumbers ominously into place"
Dave SimpsonJanuary 12, 2022
Dave Simpson: Not A ‘Fit Night Out For Man Or Beast’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Has there ever been a better time to stay home than this time of year in Wyoming? To put your favorite chair in front of the fireplace, open a good book, and put a pot of chili on the stove for dinner?"
Dave SimpsonJanuary 05, 2022
Dave Simpson: Don’t Take Your Guns To Town, Son
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "What did we learn in 2021? My first lesson would be to avoid the supposition that any year will be better than the prior year."
Dave SimpsonDecember 28, 2021
Dave Simpson: A Cherry Pie And A Loaf Of Bread
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "It was only after the obituary I wrote for my mother had appeared in the newspaper six years ago that I learned a fascinating detail: She once baked a cherry pie for Amelia Earhart."
Dave SimpsonDecember 21, 2021
Dave Simpson: One Shining Example: Our Juries
ask me (and I notice you didn't), the jury system has shone in recent verdicts for Kyle Rittenhouse, against those three knuckleheads in Georgia and against the truly ridiculous Jussie Smollett.
Dave SimpsonDecember 15, 2021
Dave Simpson: Surviving The Covid-19 Ordeal
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I learned pretty quickly not to mention my vaccine status in polite company. People who have been vaccinated get really ticked off when they hear you haven't gotten the shot, the second shot, and now the booster. They figure you're Typhoid Mary, selfish, a menace."
Dave SimpsonDecember 07, 2021
Dave Simpson: No Rest Stops On The Road To Ruin
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Whenever you hear politicians Democrats are the worst, but Republicans aren't much better talk about making 'investments,' my advice is to go down in your basement or storm cellar and stay there until the all-clear is sounded"
Dave SimpsonNovember 30, 2021
Dave Simpson: ‘Disheartening’ Coverage Of Courts
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Gone are the days when the news media at least tried to avoid convicting the accused before a judge or jury had a chance to reach a verdict."
Dave SimpsonNovember 24, 2021
Dave Simpson: Calling Up The Guard, This Time
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I wouldn't want to be on that jury in Kenosha. But experience tells me that whatever happens is in the best possible hands the hands of 12 jurors."
Dave SimpsonNovember 16, 2021
Dave Simpson: Don’t Look Now, But Gillette Is Doing OK
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Our progressive friends want electric cars, not the dirty fuels that will provide a good share of the electricity for electric cars."
Dave SimpsonNovember 09, 2021
Dave Simpson: They Call It A ‘Canadian Tuxedo’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: - "'Republicans can't dance,' an old pal from my Casper Star-Tribune days told me many years ago..."
Dave SimpsonNovember 02, 2021
Dave Simpson: I’ll Take Rudeness Over Incompetence
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Suddenly, I don't hear much from my Democrat friends about competence and the adults in the room."
Dave SimpsonOctober 27, 2021
Dave Simpson: A Familiar Problem For Capt. Kirk
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "William Shatner said this week that the tough thing about going into space - where no 90-year-old man had gone before - was getting in and out of the chair in the space capsule here on earth."
Dave SimpsonOctober 19, 2021
Dave Simpson: So Much For ‘Bringing Us Together’
If you were surprised to learn that a person who once assisted people who spiked trees to endanger loggers now heads the Bureau of Land Management, you might be even more surprised to learn who has been nominated by feisty President Joe Biden to be comptroller of the nation's banking system:
Dave SimpsonOctober 13, 2021
Dave Simpson: Which Wyoming Town Is The Most ‘Typical’ Of The Cowboy State
Dave Simpson says: Neither is Laramie, where I lived for six years back in the 1970s. There's nothing typically Wyoming about our only university town, where 11,000 students goose the dickens out of the economy every August through June. And it has one of the best downtown business districts in the state.
Dave SimpsonOctober 06, 2021
Dave Simpson: Pay Like Everyone Else Does, Joe!
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was in a snit last week (he does snits better than anyone), fulminating at Republicans who were refusing to go along with Democrats in the latest installment of the raising-the-debt-ceiling clown-car show."
Dave SimpsonSeptember 28, 2021
Some $1.18 Million Worth Of Art Sold At Cody’s Buffalo Bill Art Show
When the gavel dropped on the final piece of artwork at the 40th annual Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, nearly $1.18 million worth of art had been sold.
Jimmy OrrSeptember 24, 2021
Scott Meier: Wyoming Families’ Personal Wealth is Under Attack by Biden Plan
Guest columnist Scott Meier writes: "Biden's proposal would turn every bank, credit union and payment provider into an IRS agent, monitoring and reporting on deposits and withdrawals made in private accounts at a threshold of as little as $600."
September 23, 2021
Dave Simpson: Want The Lowdown? Ask A Smoker!
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "If I really wanted to know what was going on who was mad at whom, who was about to quit, what caused that new dent in the company van, and the very juiciest gossip I would ask a smoker. They usually had the answer, and would roll their eyes that the boss was always the last to know."
Dave SimpsonSeptember 21, 2021
Dave Simpson: Still Think 2021 Has To Be Better?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "So I've learned my lesson well. We prefer doddering, incomprehensible incompetence over mean tweets. Jot that down."
Dave SimpsonSeptember 15, 2021
Wyoming’s Patron’s Ball Cancelled; Art Show Will Still Go On
The Patrons Ball has been cancelled due to the recent spike in COVID cases, which have caused local health care facilities to go into crisis mode.
Wendy CorrSeptember 13, 2021
“Don’t California My Cody” Billboard Stirs Controversy
A billboard warning new residents not to "California Our Cody" has ruffled some feathers in the northwest community.
Wendy CorrSeptember 06, 2021
Dave Simpson: Half A Hundred Years Of Columns
Columnist Dave Simpson is celebrating his 50th year of writing newspaper columns.
Dave SimpsonSeptember 06, 2021