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Jonathan Lange: Department of Health Caught Violating Federal Law
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “Significant portions of the (state) curriculum had nothing to do with birds and bees. Instead, the Wyoming Department of Health curriculum jumped into the culture wars and propounded gender ideology.”
Jonathan LangeAugust 29, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Rescued Newspapers Can Help Their Communities
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: “That is the real tragedy of small-town life. Most townsfolk know nothing of what is happening on their local school board or city council. But they can recite every detail of distant scandals and outrage du jour. Local newsprint can affect this...”
Jonathan LangeAugust 22, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Hiding Constituent Emails Violates Democracy
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: “Constituents that trust the LSO to deliver their comments to specific legislators may be lied to. Their emails may be labeled 'junk' or may disappear without a trace.”
Jonathan LangeAugust 15, 2025
Jonathan Lange: No Government Should Define Church Doctrine
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “A government with the power to judge between religion and politics is a government with the power over both.”
Jonathan LangeAugust 08, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Wildflowers and Life’s Wonders
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “They call it 'Norseman.' It's an odyssey that begins nearly 2.5 miles out to sea and ends at the top of Mount Gaustatoppen, more than a mile high and 140.6 miles away.”
Jonathan LangeAugust 01, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Attorney General Kautz Came Out Swinging
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "Kudos to our new attorney general, Keith Kautz. On Thursday, he hit the ground running by swiftly appealing the outrageous preliminary injunction against Wyoming’s Steamboat Legacy Scholarship program."
Jonathan LangeJuly 18, 2025
Jonathan Lange: The Flood Shows Why We Protect Parental Rights
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: “In the real world, parents will fight to the death rather than give up their children to a system that harms them - physically, mentally, or spiritually.”
Jonathan LangeJuly 11, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Posterity Will Judge Us By Principles, Not Pragmatism
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “The deleted paragraph demonstrates how kicking the can down the road never solves the problem. More often, it makes the problem worse and its solution more costly.”
Jonathan LangeJuly 04, 2025
Jonathan Lange: We All Have a Role in Strengthening Families
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: “Everyone has a vital role in strengthening Wyoming families. You don’t have to start with ambitious policies. You can start with yourself.”
Jonathan LangeJune 27, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Family Issues Should Be Bipartisan, Again
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: "Marriage and family are not Freedom Caucus issues. Neither is the restoration of the American Family a Republican issue. The traditional nuclear family is the foundation of a healthy society."
Jonathan LangeJune 20, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Justice Demands that We Reconsider Gestational Agreements
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "For a century and a half, Wyoming had defined mothers in the most obvious and natural way conceivable. She’s the person who gives birth to the child. But in 2021, the legislature blew up motherhood by creating a new legal term: gestational carrier."
Jonathan LangeJune 13, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Family Month Helps Us Focus on Our Most Vulnerable Citizens
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "Kudos to Rep. Harriet Hageman for cosponsoring a bill that designates June as Family Month. The resolution begins by declaring that 'the traditional nuclear family is the foundation of a healthy society.'"
Jonathan LangeJune 06, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Gordon Ignored Weston Clerk's Report; Attorney General Must Step Up
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes," Gordon whiffed his chance to signal the importance of strict adherence to election laws. But the AG is about to step up to the plate. Whether he prosecutes the alleged crimes or not will speak volumes."
Jonathan LangeMay 30, 2025
Jonathan Lange: The Library Exception Stymies Local Control. It’s Time to Repeal It.
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "Bizarrely, the very laws that are meant to protect the innocence of children can be prosecuted against parents, grandparents, and your average man on the street. But they cannot be applied to the people who have the greatest access to your children outside the home — teachers and librarians."
Jonathan LangeMay 23, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Wyoming’s Constitution Demands Election Purity, Not Voter Turnout
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "Wyoming has long required documentary proof of residency to qualify voters. But, oddly, nobody has to show them unless a county clerk officially asks to see them. Such unequal treatment of voters was remedied by HB 156."
Jonathan LangeMay 16, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Education Savings Accounts Are The Answer For Parents And Teachers
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "The powerful education lobby treats parents as a problem, and 'privacy' as the answer. Its power is its money. Until now, that power was mostly one-sided. But Wyoming’s ESA program gives you, as a common-sense teacher, a louder voice."
Jonathan LangeMay 09, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Wyoming Babies Need A Restraining Order Against Abusive Judges
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: Money can be remade. Lost profits can be reproduced. But to restore life is not in any man’s power.
Jonathan LangeApril 25, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Jesus Teaches Us How To Speak Truth to Power
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "The New York Stock Exchange was closed on Friday because Jesus’ crucifixion was the business of the day. The global earthquake over tariffs will resume after we have celebrated His resurrection. Until then, Wall Street will just have to wait."
Jonathan LangeApril 18, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Trump Resurrected Coal - Let's Make Laws To Keep It Alive
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: "Will the effects of Trump’s action last? Probably not. And that’s OK. Lasting reform to let Wyoming’s legacy industries compete on a level playing field deserves legislative action."
Jonathan LangeApril 11, 2025
Jonathan Lange: An Enemy Demoralized Us; Love For The Truth Can Reverse That
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 but the enemy didn’t go away. Satan is the ultimate demoralizer. And he is alive and well - attacking the truth so that you would turn to cheap counterfeits."
Jonathan LangeApril 04, 2025
Jonathan Lange: The Censorship Machine Is Exposed - Time To Destroy It
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: "We didn’t have a word for the suppression of ideas during COVID-19. But this outrageous collusion of manufactured academic claims, official government denials of the truth, and non-governmental organizations has since been dubbed the 'censorship industrial complex.'"
Jonathan LangeMarch 28, 2025