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: He’s Made Up His Mind About Trump
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "What I want, and I think my ornery neighbor agrees, is a president who can match Trump's accomplishments (unlike the mess we have in Washington today) while outmaneuvering the ferocious opposition that awaits any Republican president."
Dave SimpsonJune 22, 2021
Dave Simpson: Maybe We’re Being Led By Idiots
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Given our open southern border, crime in our big cities, the wild federal spending spree, consider the possibility that we are led by idiots."
Dave SimpsonJune 15, 2021
Dave Simpson: Everybody’s Doing Gain Of Function
On evolving language, columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I was working for a company that was bought by a bigger company and suddenly everyone was yakking about how combining things here and there in 'clusters' (don't laugh) would 'create synergy.'"
Dave SimpsonJune 09, 2021
Dave Simpson: Remember: Montani Semper Liberi
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Any day now, I'll get word that the snow at 9,800 feet along the front range of the Rocky Mountains has melted from a winter high of as much as 120 inches a roof-busting 10 feet to something far less."
Dave SimpsonJune 02, 2021
Dave Simpson: Advice You Won’t Hear At Graduation
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Sprinkle this advice in with the boring stuff you get during your commencement ceremony, and maybe you won't buy an expensive time-share at some resort."
Dave SimpsonMay 25, 2021
Dave Simpson: One Voter’s View On Liz Cheney
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Liz Cheney abhors the guy she agreed with 92 percent of the time? The guy I agreed with about 92 percent of the time? The guy who seemed to be getting some good results?"
Dave SimpsonMay 18, 2021
Dave Simpson: What In Sam Hill Does That Mean?
Columnist Dave Simpson wonders what in the Sam Hill does "what in the Sam Hill" mean...
Dave SimpsonMay 11, 2021
Dave Simpson: Friends Don’t Let Friends Become Landlords
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I learned that to be a landlord, you need the disposition of a prison warden, with a demeanor that tells renters you eat puppy dogs for breakfast, and kittens for lunch."
Dave SimpsonMay 04, 2021
Dave Simpson: Both Sides Get Their Share Of Crazy
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "For months now, I've been seeing a car parked at the grocery store with this bumper sticker: 'Ted Bundy was a Republican.'"
Dave SimpsonApril 27, 2021
Dave Simpson: Who Cares? Let Our Kids Pay!
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Bear in mind, $27 trillion in debt will soon be a quaint memory, as the $1.9 trillion Covid relief blowout is being followed by a $2 trillion (maybe more) infrastructure blowout, to be followed by another trillion dollar blowout for whatever Joe Biden and his wild-eyed progressives dream up next."
Dave SimpsonApril 21, 2021
Dave Simpson: She Might Need New License Plates
Columnist Dave Simpson said an elderly Wyoming woman is getting threatened because of her "MAGA" license plates. "MAGA" is what her grandkids have always called her.
Dave SimpsonApril 13, 2021
Dave Simpson: That 79-Cent Pizza Had Potential
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Folks like us are shaking our heads at a federal government that, while we were pinching our pennies, was spending about $1.36 for every dollar they collected in taxes, amassing a $27 trillion debt along the way."
Dave SimpsonApril 06, 2021