Opinion
Jonathan Lange: Lawfare Against Sorority Sisters’ Attorneys Tries To Stifle Debate
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: "In this case, activists have been playing both ends against the middle for years. When it is advantageous they publicize the transgender sorority member's chosen name to the world. But when it is disadvantageous, they censor it and punish those with the temerity to say his name."
Jonathan LangeDecember 14, 2024
Dennis Sun: Farm Bill Needs To Get Passed
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "If Congress fails to pass the farm bill by Jan. 1, 2025, dairy prices, corn, cotton, rice and wheat would end up with price supports much higher than 2024 market prices."
Dennis SunDecember 14, 2024
Sally Ann Shurmur: It's An Obsession Rooted In Flour, Sugar And Butter
Columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, "As we pass the halfway point of Advent, it’s time to confess my newest and completely out of control obsession. Cookies."
Sally Ann ShurmurDecember 12, 2024
Tom Lubnau: Military Academy Candidate Interviews Were An Inspiration
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Last weekend, I had the great pleasure of serving on the military academy interview committee. The committee interviewed 21 young people seeking to get a nomination to a military academy. Those 21 young adults were a true inspiration."
Tom LubnauDecember 11, 2024
Candy Moulton: Hooray for Wyoming History at UW
Candy Moulton writes: “As someone who loves and writes about Wyoming history, I’m thrilled about the university and the state’s commitment to the study of our past with the Phil Roberts Faculty Fellowship in Wyoming History and the West.”
Candy MoultonDecember 10, 2024
Rod Miller: Wyoming Democrats & the Elusive “Different Result”
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "So, Democrats in the Wyoming Legislature were cold-shouldered when committee assignments were recently handed out. As expected, they grumped and groused about being left out. That’s really the only response available to them because they simply don’t control enough seats to effect any other outcome."
Rod MillerDecember 09, 2024
Dave Simpson: She'll Never Re-Gift This Present
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "My late father in-law, a great guy, once gave his wife a butcher knife and a meat grinder for Christmas. There was speculation in the family about what she might cut off and grind up."
Dave SimpsonDecember 09, 2024
Cassie Craven: Live Not By Lies
Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “Justice Jackson’s Imaginary Equal Protection Clause theory reimagines that the law must protect you as a special category, even if your category is outside of reality. If this logic holds, next up are classifications for astrological sign, furry identification and favorite sandwich.”
Cassie CravenDecember 08, 2024
Rod Miller: The 10 Worst Things In Wyoming In 2024
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Number 6 – The 'out of order' signs, and police tape that encircles the Independence Rock rest area as you are on your way home from Frontier Days, with your intestines full to bursting with funnel cakes. And you lock your keys in the car."
Rod MillerDecember 08, 2024
Joan Barron: The Fight Over Triple Trailers -- The Undemocratic Initiative Process
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "If you add up the number of ballot questions Wyoming voters approved over the years, the number is mighty puny. This was the intent of the legislators who passed the initiative and referendum law in 1968."
Joan BarronDecember 07, 2024
Bill Sniffin: Yogi, Smokey, And Old 399 Have Been Wyoming’s ‘Three Bears’
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “The most famous bear in the world was ‘Old 399,’ a much beloved grizzly sow that liked to hang around the highways south of Yellowstone and in the Jackson Hole and Togwotee Pass areas. She was an amazing breeder.”
Bill SniffinDecember 07, 2024
Jonathan Lange: Talk Of 'Secondary Sex Characteristics' Endangers Children By Avoiding The Primary Fact
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: While euphemisms and medical sleights of hand can make discussion of “puberty blockers” and “cross-sex hormones” seem almost normal, even the most radical ideologues can’t defend putting children under the knife and cutting off perfectly healthy and normally functioning sex organs.
Jonathan LangeDecember 06, 2024
Dennis Sun: Keeping Consumers Informed
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "People always ask me when the price of beef will come down. I have to tell them prices are currently not high – they reflect what beef is worth at this time. And then I tell them why this is so."
Dennis SunDecember 06, 2024
Sally Ann Shurmur: The Wyoming Cowboys Season Is Over For Some, But Not For Me
Columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, “The Wyoming football season may be over, but there is still much to watch for and think about.”
Sally Ann ShurmurDecember 05, 2024
Tom Lubnau: The Wyoming House Stalling Committee Appointments Is A Bad Idea
Tom Lubnau writes: "The Speaker of the House should appoint committees based on the strengths of his members, not some perceived fear of what the Senate might do. The Senate is going to do what the Senate does, and they don’t give a damn what the House thinks."
Tom LubnauDecember 05, 2024
Candy Moulton: A Return to Christmas Past at Wyoming’s Frontier Forts
Three of Wyoming’s pioneer trail historic sites are hosting special Christmas events this month that give visitors the opportunity to step back in time to see and experience a time long past.
Candy MoultonDecember 03, 2024
Dave Simpson: Government Waste And Inefficiency? Where?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “In the past, lawmakers have been a lot more interested in getting re-elected than in cutting waste and inefficiency. Maybe it will be different this time."
Dave SimpsonDecember 02, 2024
Rod Miller: Mutton Conductin’ in the Cowboy State
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Coyotes are the reason Dad finally got out of the sheep business. He tried everything to keep them from murdering our sheep. He even bought a helicopter to hunt coyotes and that didn’t even make a dent. Coyotes are smart as hell, and they just kept out-thinking us."
Rod MillerDecember 01, 2024
Cassie Craven: Did You Talk About Politics At The Turkey Table?
Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “I asked my soon-to-be 9 year old, what I should write a column about this week. She thought for a moment and said, if you could tell Jesus something what would you say? Well, I would tell him thank you."
Cassie CravenDecember 01, 2024
Jonathan Lange: Governments Should Encourage Worship, But Church Should See It Done
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "Give the government an inch and it will take a mile. One day Congress is 'requesting a recommendation from the president' and the next day the governor is issuing a 'health order' that forbids certain kinds of worship altogether."
Jonathan LangeNovember 30, 2024
Bill Sniffin: Here’s Why Trump Will Be Successful – He Will Apply Business Principles
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "Can you run government like a business? If you could, should you? I think Donald Trump is about to find out the answers to those questions and the people of America will benefit from it."
Bill SniffinNovember 30, 2024
Dennis Sun: Humans Are Part Of The Ecosystem
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "California outlawed hunting of mountain lions in 1990, and in the 34 years since, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has had to kill many more lions every year than were killed when permitted hunting was a policy."
Dennis SunNovember 29, 2024
Sally Ann Shurmur: Wyoming School Boards Association Salutes Its Own, Rings Those Bells And Does It Well
Columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, “In my former life, banquets and formal fundraisers were part of the deal. It had been awhile since Owen and I attended one.”
Sally Ann ShurmurNovember 29, 2024
Rod Miller: Dear Li’l Chucky, Let’s Rumble!
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "On 'The Cowboy State Daily Morning Show With Jake last Monday, Secretary of State Gray accepted my months-long challenge to a debate. Needless to say, my nostrils flared and my pupils dilated with anticipation."
Rod MillerNovember 27, 2024