Guest Columnists

Daily Smile: Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Now let's slap on some Christmas music and watch some sleeping puppies...

CSD StaffDecember 19, 2023

Guest Column: Wyoming Needs To Be Bullish About Energy

Gov. Mark Gordon writes, "An all-of-the-above approach is urgent. Are there new industries entering the state? Yes. Are we abandoning traditional fossil energy? Categorically no! "

CSD StaffDecember 16, 2023

Guest Column: Government Hacks Are Exaggerating Consequences Of Carbon Dioxide

Guest columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Climate models are being gamed. If the assumptions are wrong, the results are wrong. You hear lots of politicians saying they 'believe' the models are wrong, but rarely do you hear anyone tell you why. Here's why..."

CSD StaffDecember 15, 2023

Guest Column: Wyoming Is Open for Business – Let’s Keep It That Way

Rep. J.T. Larson writes, "Despite the will of Washington, D.C., we must not abandon coal mining and coal-fired electricity production for newer forms of energy but instead find ways for this critical fuel source to remain a part of the solution to the country's energy needs."

CSD StaffDecember 09, 2023

Guest Column: If It Is Populist To Fight For Wyoming, Sign Me Up

Rep. Jeremy Haroldson writes, "If it is considered 'populist' to fight back against the radical left's push to place pornography in our schools, then sign me up."

CSD StaffDecember 09, 2023

Sally Ann Shurmur and UW football coach Craig Bohl in June, 2018

Sally Ann Shurmur: Craig Bohl Is Wyoming

Guest columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, "I love that Craig Bohl brought stability in a time of national chaos. No names on uniforms. Team above self. He relentlessly defended players who had tough days. Remember the punter at Iowa? I do."

CSD StaffDecember 07, 2023

Guest Column: Let's Slow Down On The Teton County Land Sale

Rep. Steve Harshman writes, "We should consider similar situated properties, e.g., the town of Jackson purchased 5 acres for $29 million (5+million/acre x 640 acres = $3.2 Billion). Everyone in Teton county knows the recently suggested price of $60 million is way too low. I think $100 million is too low."

CSD StaffDecember 06, 2023

Guest Column: Wyoming Caucus And Freedom Caucus Need To Quit Fighting

Rep. Landon Brown writes, "Let’s put the weapons away for a while. Let’s focus on what we can agree on and figure a way to accomplish those goals. Let us all stop bickering and fighting and be thankful that we live in such an amazing state and amazing country."

CSD StaffDecember 05, 2023

Guest Column: Most Americans Support School Choice So Let's Go

Guest columnist Rep. Ocean Andrew writes, "My fear is we are embedding a very unpopular concept into a very popular bill. Why can we only have school choice in this state if it comes in the form of a dissolvable coating to a poison pill?"

CSD StaffDecember 04, 2023

Guest Column: For Decades Conservatives In Wyoming Have Been Ignored

Guest columnist Rep. John Bear writes, "As the saying goes, first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they copy you, then you win."

CSD StaffDecember 03, 2023

Your Wyoming Sunrise: Sunday, December 3, 2023

Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by Ron and Donna Kelsey. They write, "Another glorious sunrise over Stewart Peak in Etna in Star Valley…the reward for being an early riser!"

CSD StaffDecember 03, 2023

Mandy Fabel: The Day We Stopped Watching the Weather

Columnist Mandy Fabel writes, "As you enter this holiday season, I would encourage you to start watching the weather again. Put yourself in a position to look out over the horizon and feel small."

Mandy FabelNovember 30, 2023

Guest Column: Conservative Commitment to Wyoming

Representatives Clark Stith and Barry Crago write, "We are asking all of our legislative colleagues to join us in a Conservative Commitment to Wyoming and support the following legislative proposals when we return to Cheyenne in February.

CSD StaffNovember 29, 2023

Albert Sommers served as Wyoming Speaker of the House from 2023 - 2024.

Guest Column: Education Savings Accounts: A Constitutional Wyoming Solution

House Speaker Albert Sommers writes, "This Education Savings Accounts bill is a Wyoming solution to two concerns raised by citizens across Wyoming, namely, how to fund early childhood education and increase school choice options."

CSD StaffNovember 28, 2023

Guest Column: Fixing the Property Tax Problem, Once and For All

In a guest column, Rep. Cyrus Western writes, "The Property Tax Relief Act will provide immediate relief from skyrocketing property taxes and reform the system to put a ceiling on future property tax increases."

CSD StaffNovember 20, 2023

Guest Column: Permitting Reform Will Build a Stronger Wyoming

Rep. Bill Henderson writes, "One of the most common complaints I hear from Wyoming business leaders is that the current federal permitting and environmental review processes create massive, unwarranted delays that prevent critical energy and infrastructure projects from moving forward."

CSD StaffNovember 16, 2023

Guest Column: Ranchers And Game And Fish Working Together On Elk Management

Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik and Laramie County rancher Juan Reyes write, "No good will come from creating division between ranchers, the [Game and Fish] Department and hunters. Advocating for extreme ideas that are unacceptable to Wyoming’s citizens and most ranchers will not get us to where we need to be."

CSD StaffNovember 15, 2023

Guest Column: Gordon Needs To Speak To Wyoming, Not Harvard

Rep. John Bear writes, "It is embarrassing for the governor of Wyoming to give even an inch to the anti-fossil fuel crowd and their utopian view of green energy."

CSD StaffNovember 03, 2023

Guest Column: Suicide Prevention and Mental Health in Wyoming -- A Moral Imperative

Rep. Lloyd Larsen writes, "It’s certainly easier to look away from these vulnerable populations, but we must face Wyoming’s suicide prevention and mental health issues head-on because every life has inherent value and worth."

CSD StaffNovember 03, 2023

Mike Krampner is a former Wyoming attorney who now lives in Jerusalem, Israel.

Guest Column: "Never Again" Is Now

Guest columnist Mike Krampner writes, "The current attack on Israel is an attempt to 'cleanse' the Middle East of Jews (Hamas actually uses that language). That effort is underway now."

CSD StaffNovember 02, 2023

Mandy Fabel: Deal Friends and Real Friends

Guest columnist Mandy Fabel writes, "Real friends also take time to become. There is no scientific formula, but if I had to guess it would be some combination of time + hard things = real friends."

Mandy FabelOctober 26, 2023

Guest Column: Despite Pendley’s Bad Advice, BLM Plan Is Perfectly Legal & Wise Step For Wyoming

Guest columnist Erik Molvar writes, "When [William Perry] Pendley argues that Congress directs the Bureau’s management 'for multiple use, not preservation,' he displays a galloping ignorance of what preservation means."

CSD StaffOctober 24, 2023

Letter To The Editor: I Live In The Hellhole Of New York But Love Cowboy State Daily

Dear editor: I live in New York City, home of the New York Times, CNN, giant black Escalades, subway stabbers, 100% Democratic voters who in their wisdom elected the dumbest mayor and governor in the entire USofA AND Senator Schumer.

CSD StaffOctober 23, 2023

Daughters of the American Revolution 10 18 23

Letter To The Editor: Only Biological Women Should Be Members of DAR

Dear editor: We are a biological women’s organization. … What was the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution thinking when it REQIURED we make this change at the chapter level?

CSD StaffOctober 20, 2023

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