Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor Guidelines
- Keep letters under 500 words.
- Include your full name, city or town, email and phone for verification.
- Must be factually accurate and free of libel, personal attacks, hate speech or offensive language.
- Letters should be constructive — no back-and-forth personal arguments.
- Publication is not guaranteed; editors reserve the right to edit for length, clarity and style.
We will publish no more than one letter from the same reader within 30 days. No exceptions.
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Letter To The Editor: Fire Congress, Not The Workers
Dear editor: Congress (not firefighters, health-care workers, park rangers, air traffic controllers) has increased the debt to about $36 trillion dollars. And who is being fired for this so-called massive fraud and waste? Not Congress.
March 21, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The 36 Trillion Reasons For Changing Federal Spending
Dear editor: In the operating room we have a dark truism that "all bleeding stops eventually." This means that either you get control of the bleeding, or the patient will simply bleed to death. Our federal government is bleeding...
March 21, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Dismantling The Department of Education
Dear editor: Don’t buy the lie that dismantling the Department of Education is about increasing choice, quality, or freedom. It’s about money, and making sure the other faction doesn’t have it.
March 21, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Why Did You Take The Side Of The Protestors?
Dear editor: I was greatly disappointed by your reporting on the town hall meeting in Laramie with Harriet Hageman.
March 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Al Simpson Built Bridges, Not Division
Dear editor: I read the guest opinion piece by Gov. Matt Mead and it filled me with so much nostalgia for what politics used to be and the inherent goodness of Senator Al Simpson.
March 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Both Audience And Hageman Were In The Wrong
Dear editor: I can’t and won’t defend the worst behaviors I saw in the audience. Nor can Hageman defend her condescension and arrogance. Whether she likes it or not, these people are her constituents...
March 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Thanks For Continuing Coverage, Cowboy State Daily
Dear editor: I want to thank Clair McFarland for her continuing coverage of the debacle which is I-80 and the mess the US DOT has gotten us into with CDL holders not being required to speak or be fluent in English.
March 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Cowboy State Daily Missed Some Of The Shenanigans
Dear editor: Leo Wolfson‘s account of Rep. Hageman’s town-hall meeting in Laramie yesterday evening was accurate enough. He omitted two small but significant details that might account for Laramie’s robust reaction to the representative’s pitch.
March 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Protestors Should Go To Gaza To See For Themselves
Dear editor: It doesn’t take any courage to scream epithets and profanity in support of terrorists while safe here in America. All those folks should be flown to Gaza so they can get a reality check about Hamas.
March 20, 2025
Letter to The Editor: Brian Nesvik Is Bad Choice For U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Dear editor: Brian Nesvik’s record of failure leading the Wyoming Game & Fish Department is a precursor for how he would run the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Our public wildlife, lands, waters and everyone who cherishes these incredible resources will pay the price.
March 18, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Hageman Not Being Honest About Her Vote To Cut Medicaid
Dear editor: Last month, Congress passed a budget plan that will require deep cuts to the Medicaid health insurance program and a decrease in Americans’ ability to access healthcare. Rep. Harriet Hageman voted for the budget plan...
March 17, 2025
Letter To The Editor: My Life Is Being Threatened Because I Picked Up A Wombat
Dear editor: Am I a villain? Over holding a wombat, thousands threaten my life. Let me be clear; these same people ought to understand the reality of Australia today.
March 17, 2025