Opinion
Dave Simpson: Stay Away From DC? No Problem!
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "A good rule of thumb: Whoever calls someone a Nazi first, or mentions Hitler, loses the argument."
Dave SimpsonJanuary 20, 2021
Dave Simpson: Still Thinking 2021 Will Be Better?
Cowboy State Daily columnist Dave Simpson writes: "How much damage can hordes of rioters swarming into the U.S. Capitol cause? Untold damage. Damage that will last for years."
Dave SimpsonJanuary 12, 2021
Dave Simpson: One Last-Gasp Effort To Get Answers
Weekly columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I'm glad our new U.S. Senator, Cynthia Lummis, won't be going along to get along when the Electoral College vote arrives this week in the Senate."
Dave SimpsonJanuary 06, 2021
Dave Simpson: Two Sides of the Health Care Coin
Weekly columnist Dave Simpson writes health care in the U.S. isn't perfect but it's better than the alternatives.
Dave SimpsonDecember 29, 2020
Dave Simpson: Patience, Young Man, Patience…
The rule in my family growing up was that I could open one Christmas present on Christmas Eve. The rest of the gifts were opened Christmas morning.
Dave SimpsonDecember 22, 2020
Dave Simpson: What If 2021 Is Even Worse?
The common belief is that if we can just get out of 2020, everything will be better in 2021. But, what if 2021 is even worse? What if 2020 was a walk in the park, a day at the beach, a cake walk, compared to 2021?
Dave SimpsonDecember 16, 2020
Dave Simpson: They Plan To Build Back Behinder
Our delirious friends in the liberal media (is there any other kind?) are beside themselves with joy after Hard-Charging Ball of Fire but Slightly Lame President-Elect Joe Biden named an all-female communications staff, striking a mighty blow for gender equality.
Dave SimpsonDecember 08, 2020
Cowboy State Daily: A Blast From The Past
What I like best about the Cowboy State Daily is that it reminds me of the good old days.
Dave SimpsonDecember 03, 2020
Dave Simpson: First The Sadness, And Then The Joy
Columnist Dave Simpson writes about the loss of his beloved family dog and the birth of his new granddaughter -- both of which happened in the same week.
Dave SimpsonDecember 01, 2020
Dave Simpson: Nine Pounds of Turkey Per Person
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "By sheer force of habit, we bought an 18-pound turkey this year. Then we realized that it would only be the two of us for Thanksgiving dinner."
Dave SimpsonNovember 25, 2020
Dave Simpson: Somehow, I’m Not Feeling The Love
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "It's time, our liberal friends and most in the news media tell us, to accept the election results, even though there are still members of Biden's party who haven't accepted the election of Donald Trump four years ago."
Dave SimpsonNovember 19, 2020
Dave Simpson: Gotta Be A Pony In Here Somewhere…
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "It looks like Republicans will likley hold on to the Senate. That throws a monkey wrench into liberal plans to expand the Supreme Court, end the legislative filibuster, add two new states to the union, repeal the Trump tax cuts, and make rich people pay their fair share. Oh yeah, and they want to phase out fossil fuels and put a cork in cows."
Dave SimpsonNovember 10, 2020
Dave Simpson: Wringing My Hands Over The Election
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "The threat of fundamental change is real. There is talk of adding new states, to enlarging the Supreme Court, and to doing away with the fossil fuels. There is rioting in our cities, a rejection of capitalism, shocking bias in the news media, and a demand for equal outcomes, instead of equal opportunities."
Dave SimpsonNovember 03, 2020
Dave Simpson: Enough To Boggle Our Lizard Brains
If it turns out that Joe Biden wins the election and becomes the 46th President of the United States, I intend to regard him with all the respect, dignity, good will, cooperation and benefit of the doubt that our Democrat friends have extended to Donald J. Trump.
Dave SimpsonOctober 28, 2020
Longest (And Worst) Stretch Of Interstate In U.S. Turns 50
The stretch of highway between Rawlins and Laramie is so notorious it took on the title Snow Chi Minh Trail. It turns 50 years old this month.
John WaggenerOctober 23, 2020
Western Wildfires: ‘Log It, Graze It, Or Watch It Burn’
There's the distinct feeling that unless something changes in the management of our national forest neighbor, watching it burn is a real possibility.
Dave SimpsonOctober 20, 2020
Dave Simpson: Our Nightmare Year Ain’t Over Yet
We still have two months and a bitter, angry, hateful presidential election to go, that could well be tied up in the courts for weeks, if not months.
Dave SimpsonOctober 14, 2020
Praying For The Guy They Despise?
Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill said Friday they are praying for the recovery of the man Joe on the previous Tuesday night called a liar, a racist, a clown, the worst president we've ever had, and who he told to shut up.
Dave SimpsonOctober 08, 2020
Dave Simpson: I Had To Pry It Out Of Her Little Hands
Look up from your cell phone now and then. There's a whole world out there that isn't on the screen of your dopey little device. Give it a try, Skippy.
Dave SimpsonSeptember 29, 2020
Dave Simpson: Great Thoughts, On Our Bumpers
Ted Bundy Was A Republican! proclaimed the bumper sticker on a car parked next to mine at our local Walmart.
Dave SimpsonSeptember 08, 2020
Dave Simpson: Ready For The Times To Get Better
The News from Lake Wobegon, about folks retiring from farming and moving into town, featured a story about a kindly aunt who secretly smoked starting a fire smoking in an outhouse. It was put out by her nephew, in a manner men are equipped to do, keeping her secret.
Dave SimpsonSeptember 01, 2020
Dave Simpson: Better Cross Portland Off Your List
I listened closely last week and didn't hear one Democrat at their convention cite the great job their party has done running big cities like Portland.
Dave SimpsonAugust 26, 2020
Dave Simpson: Chewing The Fat Out On The Porch
Three old guys sitting in Adirondack chairs on a porch, staring into a crackling campfire.
Dave SimpsonAugust 19, 2020
Dave Simpson: Getting Cold Feet Over The Debates
And yet we're now told by The New York Times that the very foundation of our country is racist. Systemic racism is the new blanket slur.
Dave SimpsonAugust 12, 2020