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Cat Urbigkit: What the WYGOP Stands For
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "The Wyoming GOP's pursuit of "Riding for the Brand has turned authoritarian, requiring strict obedience to its authority at the expense of personal freedoms."
Cat UrbigkitMarch 01, 2022
Dave Simpson: The Mind Just Keeps On Boggling
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Last week young persons from Laramie were over here at the Legislature, threatening to leave Wyoming if the state passes a law that biological males (we called them 'guys') can't compete against biological females (we called them 'girls') in athletics."
Dave SimpsonMarch 01, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Wyoming Wildlife Advocates Deceives to Support Wolf Relisting
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: The Wyoming Wildlife Advocates' assertion that here in Sublette County we are killing wolves ahead of any conflicts is pure fallacy, as is the assertion that lethal control wouldnt be needed "if livestock producers were using preventative, non-lethal methods to avoid losses."
Cat UrbigkitFebruary 23, 2022
Dave Simpson: You Take Your Lumps And Move On
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "moved on to a spirited debate about some issue. A reporter for another paper got the names mixed up, and her story had the deceased lawmaker participating enthusiastically in the debate."
Dave SimpsonFebruary 21, 2022
Karen Budd-Falen: It’s An EPA “Miracle”—Turning Your “Dry Land” into a “Wetland?”
Columnist Karen Budd-Falen writes: "I will be supporting the private landowners in this case because while I believe that Jesus did and can perform miracles, under the U.S. Constitution, the federal government should not have that same power."
Jimmy OrrFebruary 17, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: ESA Decisions Ping-Pong Between Republican & Democratic Administrations – But Not In The Way You May Expect
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "Last weeks federal court decision placing gray wolves in most of the United States back under federal protection is often reported as a rollback of the Trump administrations decision to delist wolves, yet few reports note that the Biden administration had supported and defended the decision made during Trumps time in office."
Cat UrbigkitFebruary 16, 2022
Dave Simpson: Warm Thoughts For A Cold Season
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "It's colder than a well-digger's boots outside, and the wind is howling. Time for some of my favorite Wyoming memories to warm up by the fire."
Dave SimpsonFebruary 15, 2022
Dave Simpson: Do We Remember the Better Times?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I know Liz Cheney thinks Trump plotted an insurrection, but as coups go, what happened on January 6th was a slapdash, screwball, knuckle-headed, out-of-control embarrassment."
Dave SimpsonFebruary 09, 2022
Dave Simpson: Guns, A Coonskin Cap, And Yodeling
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "You can't help notice that here in Wyoming, where we're probably the least likely to see trouble break out, we're among the best prepared to defend ourselves if trouble DOES break out."
Dave SimpsonFebruary 02, 2022
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