Opinion
Dennis Sun: Agriculture Becomes The Scapegoat
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Some studies say agriculture is responsible for 11% of Earth’s pollution. We wonder why they are pointing their finger at ag while there is 89% left to share the blame."
Dennis SunMarch 29, 2024
Sally Ann Shurmur: Sunday Is Coming, Whether We Are Ready Or Not
Columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, "It’s been the 'unLentiest' Lent of my life, using a newly coined addition to the Sal dictionary."
Sally Ann ShurmurMarch 28, 2024
Tom Lubnau: Why Did The Senate Pass A Gun Bill It Knew Was Defective?
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Why, on such an important issue, did the Senate shirk its duties to pass the best bill forward to the governor? Why did the Senate want to force the governor to veto the Gun Free Zones bill?"
Tom LubnauMarch 27, 2024
Tom Lubnau: Can Someone Be Against Gun Free Zones, And Against A Poorly Written Bill?
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "For some readers, only the bill title, 'Gun Free Zones' is enough to garner support. For those folks who don’t care about the language of the bill, don’t waste your time reading why the bill had some defects. If you are interested in why the bill was vetoed, read further."
Tom LubnauMarch 26, 2024
Cat Urbigkit: BLM's Public Comment Process On Sage Grouse & Multiple Use Is Bungled
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes, "The BLM released thousands of pages detailing six options for public lands management in the western states to conserve sage grouse – but only granted 90 days for the public to read and understand the proposal."
Cat UrbigkitMarch 26, 2024
Dave Simpson: Have The Republicans 'Gone Off The Rails'?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Nah. The labels have changed, but the debate in the Wyoming Legislature isn't that much different from what we saw decades ago."
Dave SimpsonMarch 25, 2024
Rod Miller: Keep It Real, Wyoming
Columnist Rod Miller writes "Logan Gilbert pitches for the Seattle Mariners and doesn’t believe that Wyoming is real. There’s also a Reddit group that disbelieves Wyoming as well, and there are over a thousand members."
Rod MillerMarch 24, 2024
Aaron Turpen: Yellowstone From the Back of a Snowmobile Is the Best Way To Go
Columnist Aaron Turpen writes, "Going to Yellowstone in the winter is a bucket list item. I’ve been to Yellowstone a few times. Always during tourism season. This was the first time I actually heard Old Faithful when it erupted."
Aaron TurpenMarch 23, 2024
Bill Sniffin: A Birthday Brings Thoughts About Death, Memories, And Best Decisions
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "“When us oldsters scan the obits, we will often say ‘old enough’ or ‘too young,’ which usually compares the decedents to our own age. Young people have no idea what I am talking about here.”
Bill SniffinMarch 23, 2024
Dave Simpson: Gov. Gordon Protects Us From Ourselves
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Don't you get the feeling that the governor is rapping our knuckles for things most of us support wholeheartedly? That the guy who spoke at Harvard apparently thinks he deserves a more appreciative constituency?"
Dave SimpsonMarch 23, 2024
Clair McFarland: Women Are Not Three-Legged Dogs At A Race
Clair McFarland writes: "It's cringey when groups try to promote us to power purely on the basis of our sex. As if virtue and intelligence were strictly female traits, concentrated in our fickle uteruses like magic talismans."
Clair McFarlandMarch 23, 2024
Dennis Sun: Made In The USA Labels Could Mean Big Business
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Studies show nearly one-half of all U.S. beef is consumed by just 12% of Americans. The USA label premiums could result in hundreds of millions of dollars in sales revenue."
Dennis SunMarch 22, 2024
Rod Miller: Flip-Flops Around The Ol’ Campfire
Columnist Rod Miller writes: “'They’ll mine this gravel over my dead body!!' squealed the Secretary. 'They’ll pry that gravel from my cold dead hands!' The Kid stood and asked, 'If you don’t want it mined, why the hell did you lease it in the first place?'"
Rod MillerMarch 22, 2024
Sally Ann Shurmur: Walt Longmire, Joe Pickett & Jesus -- Reading Three Wyoming Men
Columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, "In the past few weeks, I read Craig Johnson, C.J. Box and Father Bryce Lungren nearly in succession. These guys are all from Wyoming - Ucross, Saratoga and Worland. They are as far from Danielle Steel and Nora Roberts as you can get."
Sally Ann ShurmurMarch 21, 2024
Tom Lubnau: The Headline For Failure -- The Wyoming Republican Party
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "the Wyoming Republican Party, with its supermajority, starts to do funny things. The Party starts to eat its own. Conservatives are not conservative enough. Republicans are not Republican enough. Factions and interest groups start to form within the Party."
Tom LubnauMarch 20, 2024
Cat Urbigkit: You’ve Heard Of 30 x 30, But What About 50by40?
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes, "You may not have heard of 50by40, 'a coalition of organizations dedicated to cutting the global production and consumption of animal products by 50% by 2040.' They’ve declared, 'Livestock production is the New Coal.'”
Cat UrbigkitMarch 19, 2024
Dave Simpson: Smile When You Call Me A Non-Native
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "We might be just as well off with lawmakers who live here because they made the wise decision to come here, not just because this is where their mothers delivered them."
Dave SimpsonMarch 18, 2024
Rod Miller: Ban Human Ignorance, Not the Free Press
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "If politicians are worried about surveillance of the American public, they need to repeal the Patriot Act. I’m less worried about Facebook spying on me than I am about my own government doing the same damn thing."
Rod MillerMarch 17, 2024
Aaron Turpen: Why Are Pickup Truck Beds Separate From the Cab?
Columnist Aaron Turpen writes, "Have you ever wondered why the cargo bed of large pickup trucks is separate from the cab of said truck? The engineering reasons, and the notable exceptions that proved it was needed, are an interesting story."
Aaron TurpenMarch 16, 2024
Bill Sniffin: When Did You Fall In Love With Wyoming -- And Its Mountains, Canyons, Rivers, Deserts?
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, “I was thinking about how I came to love Wyoming. That is a long, complicated story involving a whole bunch of wonderful people.”
Bill SniffinMarch 16, 2024
Dennis Sun: Tackling Political Beefs Over Beef
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Cattle producers realize consumers are their customers, worldwide. They all want to give these customers the best beef products they can, with a label on the package that tells the true story."
Dennis SunMarch 16, 2024
Rod Miller: The Invasion, Redux
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "My message to the Wyoming Freedom Caucus is, if you can’t find good homegrown candidates and you need to import out-of-state ringers to run for the offices you covet, Wyoming sees you. Weakness like that is hard to hide."
Rod MillerMarch 15, 2024
Sally Ann Shurmur: Four Years Later, Shock Of Early Pandemic Still Vivid
Columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, "For me, [the reaction to COVID is] a cautionary tale of what happens when sensible people don’t have the courage to lead - to step up and say, this is not New York or LA and we are not doing it that way here."
Sally Ann ShurmurMarch 14, 2024
Tom Lubnau: Analyzing The Anonymous Mailers Attacking Chuck Gray
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "According to the Wyoming Campaign Finance Information website, Jan Charles Gray donated a total of $700,000 to Chuck Gray’s campaign. It is fair to say that Chuck Gray’s dad financed 96% of Gray’s campaign."
Tom LubnauMarch 13, 2024