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: Hey Baby, They’re Playin’ Our Song
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "As Merle Haggard sang, we're 'rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for Hell.'"
Dave SimpsonMarch 30, 2021
Dave Simpson: So Much For Those Lucky Oysters
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Who paid for those Biden Please Let Us In t-shirts that many of the people streaming toward our southern border are wearing? Is there a bargain t-shirt shop somewhere along the route to the United States?"
Dave SimpsonMarch 24, 2021
Dave Simpson: Miss Frances Didn’t Mince Words
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "My mother-in-law, Frances Elvira Wood, came to live with us 10 years ago. She was 86 at the time, and didn't mince words. That's where her salty Franisms came from."
Dave SimpsonMarch 17, 2021
Dave Simpson: We’re Just As Bad As The Democrats
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "A column I wrote about the death of Rush Limbaugh netted over 140 comments on Facebook, many of them skewering me for having listened to Rush for 32 years. They beat me like a rented mule."
Dave SimpsonMarch 10, 2021
Dave Simpson: Old Retired Guys Wrestling With Pots
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "When I retired I took over most of the cooking at our house. Seemed like the least I could do. For all those years I spent working, the chore of cooking fell on my wife. And it plum wore the old gal out. (She's a lot older than I am 24 days.)"
Dave SimpsonMarch 04, 2021
Dave Simpson: Rush Limbaugh, A 32-Year Habit Comes To An End
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I never met Rush Limbaugh, but I will say here what I have heard many say in the last week: l feel like I've lost one of my best friends."
Dave SimpsonFebruary 23, 2021
Dave Simpson: Like An Incredibly Tough Old Truck
If you need proof that they don't make 'em like they used to, look no further than the venerable American B-52 bomber.
Dave SimpsonFebruary 15, 2021
Dave Simpson: I Looked Hard, And Finally Found It
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Couple weeks ago, a fellow columnist asked his friends to come up with some good news."
Dave SimpsonFebruary 10, 2021
Dave Simpson: It’s a Goose/Gander Kind of Deal
Not long ago, I wrote that we should show our new president all the courtesy, respect, good will and benefit of the doubt that was afforded to Donald J. Trump four years ago.
Dave SimpsonFebruary 02, 2021
Dave Simpson: Who You Calling a Proud Boy?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Apparently the Proud Boys are some kind of nutty response to nuts on the other end of the political spectrum. But one pack of nuts isn't any better than another pack of nuts."
Dave SimpsonJanuary 29, 2021
Dave Simpson: One Fascinating Day in Jackson
An old swivel chair in a famous lawyer's office came to mind last week when I read an obituary in our local paper. The obituary was for Edward Moriarity, 79, for years a partner of famed Wyoming lawyer Gerry Spence.
Dave SimpsonJanuary 26, 2021
Dave Simpson: Stay Away From DC? No Problem!
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "A good rule of thumb: Whoever calls someone a Nazi first, or mentions Hitler, loses the argument."
Dave SimpsonJanuary 20, 2021