Letters to the Editor
Have a comment on one of our stories or an issue you care about? Submit a Letter to the Editor! Please make sure to include your full name, city, and phone number. Your phone number will not be published. Keep the letter under 500 words, please!
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Must Support Its Arts And Culture Industry
Dear editor: I was disheartened to read Cowboy State Daily's article about filmmaker Sean Patrick Higgins, a colleague and former classmate of mine, who worked tirelessly to advance opportunities for media storytellers in Wyoming.
May 08, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Our New And Only God -- Artificial Intelligence
Dear editor: Wyoming legislators discussed the awesomeness of being “governed by AI” during a September 16 - 17, 2024. It’s slated to be a main topic during their quickly upcoming May 14 - 15, 2025 meeting.
May 07, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Needs Impartial Judges, Not Political Campaigns
Dear editor: Wyoming’s judicial system, while not perfect, is far more balanced and accountable than the alternatives some are proposing. Let’s not throw away a well-functioning process in the name of political populism."
May 06, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Before Raising Taxes, Go Through The Budget Line-By-Line
Dear editor: This week, the Crook County commissioners meet to discuss adding up to 5 mills to levy yet more taxes against the people.
May 05, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Alarmed At Ignorance In Illegal Immigrant Case
Dear editor: What alarms me is so many Wyomingites supporting issues in complete ignorance. One recent letter said the US has lost due process because the deported Kilmar Abrigo Garcia.
May 04, 2025
Letter To The Editor: There Is No Due Process Anymore In The U.S.
Dear editor: Many commentators have warned that the United States is drifting toward authoritarianism. In reality, with the erosion of due process, we have already arrived.
May 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: What's Wrong With You Wyomingites?
Dear editor: What kind of people do you have there [in Wyoming] now? None of the Wyoming people I met were crazy -- they were salt of the earth.
May 02, 2025
Letter To The Editor: All Speeders Should Be Thrown In Jail
Dear editor: I therefore suggest jailing anyone accused of speeding. Regardless of whether they’re going 5 over or 50, they become criminals when they break the law.
May 01, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Thank You Rep Hageman For Meaningful Main Street Conversation
Dear editor: I was especially grateful for a recent visit from Congresswoman Harriet Hageman. What was scheduled to be a short stop turned into a meaningful, three-hour conversation.
April 30, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Hageman's Town Hall Was A "Town Gall"
Dear editor: I recently attended the faux town hall in Buffalo, Wyoming, where Congresswoman Harriet Hageman 'held court'- or maybe it was a Mass?
April 30, 2025
Letter To The Editor: DOGE Is Killing AmeriCorps in Wyoming
Dear editor: On Friday, April 25, AmeriCorps programs statewide were informed without notice or cause that DOGE would be terminating their active grants, halting the work being done by AmeriCorps members statewide.
April 29, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Drill, Baby, Drill, Can Happen With Fed Deregulation And Cuts
Dear editor: If Presdient Trump wants to boost U.S. oil (and gas) production, he and Congress must facilitate strengthening the economy by reducing regulatory barriers, cutting federal spending and cutting federal taxes.
April 27, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Not Reliably Receiving Cowboy State Daily
Dear editor: I have been a long time subscriber and love your newsletter but I have not received a copy since April 22.
April 25, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Abortion Scrutiny Strictly Speaking
Dear editor: The strict scrutiny test is passed, and the people of Wyoming want restrictions on abortions based on the legislators they elected. The Wyoming Supreme Court should have an easy time deciding this question.
April 25, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Deporting Terrorists Without A Trial
Dear editor: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal MS-13 gangbanger from El Salvador with a lengthy wrap sheet prompted an immigration judge to order his removal in 2019. Garcia stayed and continued his criminal MS-13 rampage.
April 25, 2025
Letter To The Editor: We Are Losing Our Constitutional Rights
Dear editor: Unless we put pressure on the federal government to call up the true militia (which is a nation of armed citizens), and train them, we will lose our rights at the state level.
April 24, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Terrible Reporting Cowboy State Daily, No One Was Being Targeted
Dear editor: No one was being targeted; police work is often boring and cops play games to pass the time just like clueless reporters.
April 23, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Progress In Cowboy Boots (And The Shade Of Future Trees)
Dear editor: There’s something beautifully stubborn about Wyoming. You can throw anything at it — economic downturns, weather that changes by the hour, or an unexpected elk wandering into the post office — and it keeps showing up.
April 23, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Smokey: Replace That Shovel With An Axe
Dear editor: Instead of the Forest Service cleaning up the dead fall and dead standing trees, thinning the forest and the underbrush, they wait for a private contractor to ‘bid’ on doing the work, but it seldom happens.
April 22, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Let's Modernize Rules, Regulations That Govern Oil And Gas Development
Dear editor: In Wyoming, we find ourselves in a never-ending struggle with a federal absentee landlord that changes its mind every four years on how to manage its acreage.
April 21, 2025
Letter To The Editor: There's A Reason Australia Won't Take Our Beef
Dear editor, If our ranchers can attain the quality which Australia demands, it could possibly open the European market for our beef. Just thinking outside the box, because Europe and Australia will never allow United States ag products in their countries due to the current methods in use to raise our crops.
April 12, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Echoes Of Blitzkrieg In Modern Governance
By April 1st, President Trump had signed 103 executive orders. This pace is unprecedented in modern U.S. history. The rapid speed and extent of Trump’s signing of executive orders mirrors the German attacks in late 1939.
April 11, 2025
Letter To The Editor: It's No Wonder Young People Leave Wyoming
Dear editor: In a recent Cowboy State Daily article about population loss in rural Wyoming, one county commissioner claimed that young people “just don’t want to work that hard anymore.” That’s not just lazy analysis, it’s flat-out wrong.
April 09, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Hypocritical Democrats Want Government Oppression, Not Freedom
Dear editor: While the Democrats were out demonstrating, the rest of us in the real world were fixing cars, raising cattle, changing tires, waiting on tables, bartending, drilling for oil, driving trucks, keeping the lights on and the water running so the demonstrators could have a latte and go to lunch after their show.
April 08, 2025
Letter To The Editor: If You're Against Abortion, Don't Have One
Dear editor: I know for a fact the God that lives inside every abortion clinic and to which all pregnant women pray is understanding and supportive. This God has many names and is big enough for every person's prayers.
April 07, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming's Senators Lack 'Backbone' To Stand Up To Trump
Dear editor: Our Wyoming senators have abdicated their responsibilities to bend the knee to "King Donald" with disastrous early results to our democratic institutions and economy.
April 06, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Approval Of Wind Farms 'A Horrible Decision'
Dear editor: I warned years ago and again recently, these things will eventually contaminate our public lands and the state board just green-lit the pollution of the great white lollypops.
April 05, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Disagrees With Cheyenne School Board Member On Abortion
Dear editor: Ms. Hinkle presents her perspective on abortion; however, I must emphasize that abortion deaths of pre-born children are profound. ... The sanctity of a woman’s body, endowed with the capacity to create, nurture and sustain life is a profound, sacred gift. To terminate a life bestowed by a loving and just God is a grave matter.
April 05, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Integrity Of The Judiciary Is At Risk
Dear editor: To me, it is unclear that we can hope to preserve or restore the integrity of and faith in the judiciary without impartial and honest discourse. What a great opportunity to begin such a conversation, squandered on such transparently partisan rhetoric.
April 02, 2025
Letter To The Editor: How Al Simpson Saved My Business And Career
Dear editor: The park superintendent interrogated me. He held a copy of my permit in front of me and threatened to tear it up. … The senator said, “I’m not one bit happy with the superintendent anyway. I’m going to call him right now!”
April 01, 2025
Letter to the Editor: Don't Let Insurance Companies Get Your DNA
Dear editor: I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but I do know insurance companies and how they’d LOVE to get their hands on your data so that they could deny coverage for “pre-existing conditions.”
April 01, 2025
Letter to the Editor: I'd Trust The Delegation Over A Bunch Of Lawyers Any Day
Dear editor: Any group with Lubnau, Sullivan and 98 other lawyers ganging up like this smells more like a clubhouse flex than a public service. When that many suits circle the wagons, it’s rarely good news for the rest of us.
March 30, 2025
Letter to the Editor: Hageman Dodges The Heat With Virtual Town Halls
Dear editor: It seems very convenient to have phone-in town hall meetings because Rep. Hageman can then pick and choose what issues she wants to address and put forth only her agenda. That is apparently what she wants these town hall meetings to be.
March 30, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Don't Forget The Lessons Of The Greatest Generation
Dear editor: There is another greatest generation now sacrificing everything to defend their country from totalitarianism. They are the heroes of Ukraine who do not ask for our warfighters, but do need our financial support including weapons and political support.
March 27, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Left-Leaning Judges Trying To Block Trump 'Wrong And Reprehensible'
Dear editor: Trump’s election victory has been a complete waste. Nothing will get done as courts are left-leaning and have proceeded to block all policies he is trying to implement.
March 27, 2025
Letter to the Editor: Data Shows The 'Rich' Pay More Than Their Fair Share
Dear editor: According to the Tax Foundation’s 2025 update to the latest federal income tax data, the top 1% of income earners paid 40.4% of the 2022 income tax versus those earning less than $50,339, which make up 50% of income earners, who paid 3% of the total 2022 income tax that was collected.
March 26, 2025