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: Anybody Else Feeling The Anger?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Does the state that voted most enthusiastically for Trump like these attacks on DeSantis?"
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Dave Simpson: That's The Craziest Thing I Ever Heard
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "How on earth have we reached a point at which men dressed in women's clothes, 'twerking' for audiences often including youngsters, and simulating sex, is considered worthy of a how-to seminar at the University of Wyoming?"
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Dave Simpson: We Didn’t Know How Good We Had It
Dave Simpson writes: “What is happening at the Casper Star-Tribune, sadly, is par for the course at large corporate-owned newspapers. They are struggling with the paradigm of advertising dollars migrating to the internet.”
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Dave Simpson: With Tucker Gone, Scratch That Fox Nation Subscription
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "The theory that Murdoch family members don't like being shunned at liberal New York cocktail parties rings increasingly true."
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Dave Simpson: Forrest Gump Had A Term For This
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "We live in the Golden Age of Stupid. There's a cornucopia of faulty thinking out there. It's a clear case of stupid is as stupid does."
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Dave Simpson: Don't Look Now But No One's Watching The News
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "More and more, people I know are cutting cords and simply turning off the news..."
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Dave Simpson: Spend Less? That’s Out Of The Question
Dave Simpson writes: “What doesn't work at home shouldn't work in Washington either, and heaping huge, ruinous debt on our grandkids is selfish and evil.”
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Dave Simpson: Speaking To The Dead? That's One Gadget I'll Never Need.
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "This just in: Computer experts can now use Artificial Intelligence to reunite us with our deceased loved ones, compiling data and images to seemingly bring our loved ones back to life."
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Dave Simpson: The Property Tax Problem Isn't Just In Jackson
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Turns out you don't have to be part of the wine, cheese and granola set up in Jackson to feel the pinch of higher property values. Folks in nuts and bolts communities like Cheyenne are feeling the pain, too."
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Dave Simpson: The Never Trumpers Get Their Man
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "They won't be truly happy until our 45th president appears in Alex Murdaugh jail coveralls, pink shower clogs, and gets his maximum-security head shaving."
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Dave Simpson: Thank Heavens It’s Just A Dream
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "There are persistent news stories – in this dream – that the virus escaped from a lab in China. Worst of all, looks like some of our own tax dollars went into creating the Frankenstein virus that sickened pretty much all of us. Your tax dollars at work."
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Dave Simpson: Wyoming House Leadership Scolds People Like Us
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "At 25 feisty members now, and the real possibility of more in the future, the day may come when a Freedom Caucus member decides what bills get stuck in the dreaded drawer."
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Dave Simpson: I’ve Been Married Longer Than Most Murderers Spend In Prison
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: Consider this rule of thumb, young fella: It's a lot easier to take out the garbage than to have a big honking argument about who takes out the garbage. Simple as that.
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Dave Simpson: What A Disappointing Legislative Session For The Reddest State In America
Dave Simpson writes: "The real mind-blower was rejecting (via the Speaker's drawer) the bill prohibiting the teaching of gender identity and sexual orientation to children. Have we lost our minds? This is the bill they shoved in the Speaker's drawer to kill?"
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Sally Ann Said It Best: ‘Terribly Sad’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Where do you go for all those things my 70 co-workers in Illinois once did every day of the week, back when local newspapers were still viable, essential, and a great place to work?"
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Dave Simpson: Union Pacific Would Handle This Better, Right?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "It's hard to imagine how the Norfolk Southern Railroad could possibly have handled the disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, worse."
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Dave Simpson: Social Media Unleashes The Beast
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: No need to think twice about what you write. No talking a harried editor or libel-leery publisher into printing your angry thoughts. You're the editor now. You're the publisher now. So, let 'er rip!
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Dave Simpson: I Keep Thinking, ‘This Too Shall Pass’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "The look on my wife's face was one of shock, as if I'd gotten one of those Mike Tyson face tattoos instead of a simple haircut."
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Dave Simpson: Time To Put Another Log On The Fire
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: As Andy Griffith used to say, Put you feet up. Set a spell. It's a snow day for adults, so let's enjoy the heck out of it. Make hot chocolate. Grilled cheese. Snow angels.
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Dave Simpson: Full Faith And Credit In These Guys?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "These lawmakers who are worried about default are the very people who crammed their precious $1.7 trillion, 4,155-page omnibus budget bill full of porky earmark crap just last month."
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Dave Simpson: They’re Off And Running In Cheyenne
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "If you get a chance, spend a day at the beautifully-restored Wyoming Capitol while the legislative session is underway. It's stunning. And it's never a bad idea to sit up in the gallery and get a look at how the legislative sausage is made."
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