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Dave Simpson

Dave Simpson started his newspaper career in 1973 as a reporter for the Laramie Daily Boomerang. He moved on to editing posts at the Rawlins Daily Times and the Casper Star-Tribune. He then published newspapers in Colorado and Illinois for Howard Publications owners at the time of the Star-Tribune for 17 years.

Dave has written a weekly column about a wide variety of topics for 39 years, winning top columnist awards in Wyoming, Colorado, Illinois and Nebraska.

He and his wife Caryl are retired and live on an old wheat field east of Cheyenne. Their dog Mitch the latest in a long line of black Labrador Retrievers was rescued from the pound in Torrington.

Dave built his log cabin in the Snowy Range of Carbon County in the 1980s, where he spends as much time as possible every summer.

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Dave Simpson: Blame It All On The Freedom Caucus?

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “Keep in mind that the awful stuff you hear about the Freedom Caucus might be what Sen. Larry Hicks calls fertilizer.”

Dave SimpsonMarch 03, 2025

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Dave Simpson: My Wife Is Working Me Like A Pack Mule

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “Back then, the burden fell on my wife, who had to pick up 'all the things I do around here.' That was then. This is now.”

Dave SimpsonFebruary 24, 2025

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Dave Simpson: Don't Fall For The Same Old 'Sky Is Falling' Routine

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "What are the chances our sheriff will have to lay off 25 employees if Senate File 69 passes? Laramie County has $92 million in reserves. If our county is dumb enough to gut law enforcement when it has $92 million in reserves, voters will oust every incumbent..."

Dave SimpsonFebruary 17, 2025

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Dave Simpson: You Wanted Change? We Got It!

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “Call it a sea change, a new sheriff in town, or 'a come to Jesus moment,' but Donald Trump is making good on promises, and bringing common sense back into fashion.”

Dave SimpsonFebruary 10, 2025

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Dave Simpson: Obscenity Bill Could Die In Committee

Columnist Dave Simpson writes: “Time's running out on a bill that would remove an exemption for librarians from a law that prohibits exposing minors to pornography. One would think that our new common-sense House leadership would at least agree to let this bill out of committee, and proceed to the House floor for debate by the whole body. It deserves as much."

Dave SimpsonFebruary 06, 2025

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Dave Simpson: Imagine If The Wyoming Legislature Was Run Like Congress

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "With 435 Representatives and 100 Senators, they'll be lucky to get anything passed by Memorial Day. That's because they work in Washington for three days, with Mondays and Fridays reserved for travel."

Dave SimpsonFebruary 03, 2025

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Dave Simpson: Does A Wet Blanket Await In The Wyoming Senate?

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "It's my hope that the wise and august state senators heed the tone of the electorate expressed last August, and proceed right away to the Five and Dime bills, so there's plenty of time to override pesky gubernatorial vetoes if need be, unlike last year."

Dave SimpsonJanuary 27, 2025

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Dave Simpson: Trump’s Victory Belongs To The Scorned Underdogs

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “For folks who consider themselves so much smarter than the rest of us, our liberal friends have failed. Spectacularly.”

Dave SimpsonJanuary 20, 2025

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Dave Simpson: Wyoming Paid Us To Cut Dead Trees

Columnist Dave Simpson writes: “In the Snowy Range, we made our places less prone to fire. Too bad California didn't encourage landowners to do the same. What a price they're paying now.”

Dave SimpsonJanuary 13, 2025

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Dave Simpson: A Deep-State Ovation For Liz

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "If you ever doubted the existence of the Deep State, you should have been watching Thursday as Liz Cheney – polling-booth poison here in Wyoming – received the Presidential Citizenship Medal in Washington."

Dave SimpsonJanuary 06, 2025

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Dave Simpson: Who Thought THAT Was A Good Idea?

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “Your typical American mom/dad/voter is NOT OK with their daughter suiting up next to a naked guy parading around like he's got a blue-ribbon entry in the county fair.”

Dave SimpsonDecember 30, 2024

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Dave Simpson: Still Trying To Bake Like My Mom

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “My mother once baked a pie for Amelia Earhart. Didn't make a big deal about it, though. In fact, her own kids didn't know about it until after she died, at age 99.”

Dave SimpsonDecember 24, 2024

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Dave Simpson: They're Not Worried About The Debt

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Some of the smartest guys I know aren't very concerned that our national debt topped $36 trillion last week. One told me, "'Why worry about it? We'll be dead before the (bio material) hits the fan.'"

Dave SimpsonDecember 16, 2024

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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

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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

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