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.
Latest from Dave Simpson
Dave Simpson: A Time When Every Day Is Saturday
Columnist Dave Simpson write: "We're lucky in Wyoming, where most who head off to Washington stay for a few terms, then come home to the state they've professed to love for years. Most don't go native in Washington, and that's a good thing. (Sadly, Mike Enzi didn't get much time to enjoy life back home before his tragic accident.)"
Dave SimpsonMay 23, 2022
Dave Simpson: They’ll Call You Every Name In The Book
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Crazy increases in property values shouldn't result in crazy windfalls to government. Taxing bodies need to live in the real world, with the rest of us."
Dave SimpsonMay 17, 2022
Dave Simpson: Conspiracy Theorists, You Say?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: State party politics is sort of a hobby like spelunking, or flying model airplanes with little connection to everyday conservatives who just want smaller government, fewer regulations, lower taxes, secure borders, less crime, inflation relief, and a whole lot less of this woke insanity.
Dave SimpsonMay 10, 2022
Dave Simpson: Sponging Up Those Russian Nukes
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "We're the expendables, and as the home of Warren Air Force Base, overseeing 150 silos here and another 300 in Montana and North Dakota, we're no doubt leading the list of expendables."
Dave SimpsonMay 03, 2022
Dave Simpson: Our Last Dog? That Jury’s Still Out!
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "'This is absolutely the LAST DOG we're ever going to have,' my wife proclaims on a pretty regular basis. 'And I mean it!'
Dave SimpsonApril 26, 2022
Dave Simpson: Always Ask For The ‘Wisdom Discount’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Let's talk about something other than war and politics this week, because, like, everyone needs a ding-dong break now and then."
Dave SimpsonApril 19, 2022
Dave Simpson: Let’s Give The Legislature A Gentlemanly C-
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Seven out of ten Wyoming voters supported Trump. But on some important issues, the majority of lawmakers are far more squishy, more milquetoast, more spineless than your average Trump supporter."
Dave SimpsonApril 12, 2022
Dave Simpson: Good News, The Legislature Got An F
Dave Simpson writes that the Cheyenne newspaper gave the Legisature an F because they failed to raise taxes, cash-in on free Medicaid expansion money, didn't spend as much humanly possible on American Rescue Plan Act money, and talked about silly issues like prohibiting guys from competing on girls' athletic teams.
Dave SimpsonApril 05, 2022
Dave Simpson: Please, Spare Us The Swashbuckling
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Years ago, I asked some off-duty airmen if they could turn the keys required to launch nuclear missiles, and one said, 'By the time I get that order, I figure my girlfriend is already dead and my stereo is toast. So yes, I could.'
Dave SimpsonMarch 29, 2022
Dave Simpson: He Has More Important Work At Home
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I was a couple days early in my visit to the Senate gallery, and missed the action-packed afternoon when they tied my senator to the mast and flogged him with the cat of nine tails, removing him from his committees for being an unrepentant scoundrel."
Dave SimpsonMarch 22, 2022
Dave Simpson: Biteman’s Right – It’s ‘Pretty Childish’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "The guy who represents me, and other constituents from eastern Laramie County clear up to Torrington, is held in serious contempt by the powers that be, and that's why our senator no longer serves on any committees. You might say he got 'Pelosied.'"
Dave SimpsonMarch 15, 2022
Dave Simpson: Bumpgate — A Case of Weak Sauce
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Surveillance video of that bumping incident in February between two Wyoming state senators, both Republicans, is downright underwhelming. It's clearly no Zapruder film."
Dave SimpsonMarch 08, 2022