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Rod Miller: How Safe Are Our Persons And Houses In Wyoming?
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "A cop in Thermopolis broke down a citizen’s door without a warrant of any kind and against the advice of the county attorney's office. A gunfight resulted, with the household resident dying and the cop being wounded."
Rod MillerOctober 06, 2023
Rod Miller: Friday Night Lights in Wyoming’s Lower East Side
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Confession – I’m a sucker for high school football. My son Vic and I caught the first win of the season for the 2A Burns Broncs in that bucolic little southeastern town out on the edge of America’s amber waves of grain."
Rod MillerOctober 01, 2023
Rod Miller: The Empty Head of the Sagebrush Rebellion Raises Itself Again
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "If the Freedom Caucus was too lazy or too proud to get involved in the fed’s planning process on the BLM’s Draft Management Plan from Day One, but then cry crocodile tears when the horse is out of the barn, they aren’t worth listening to."
Rod MillerSeptember 28, 2023
Rod Miller: Government Secrets vs. The Wyoming Public Records Act
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "In a free society like ours, citizens should know more about government than government knows about us. Knowledge is power, right? When government keeps secrets from its citizens, it becomes a secret government."
Rod MillerSeptember 24, 2023
Rod Miller: Rep. Lauren Boebert -- You Can Take The Girl Out Of The Trailer Park, But…
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "The Grand Old Party would be well -advised, when choosing their spear-carriers to represent the moral high ground when it comes to sex, to find a handmaiden who can keep her knees together, her hands to herself and her thong in place."
Rod MillerSeptember 20, 2023
Rod Miller: The Ol’ Campfire & The Salvation Of Wyoming Politics
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "I finally met Dan Sabrosky around the ol’ campfire when he came up to me and introduced himself. Dan and I have spent months lobbing “truth bombs” and laughing emojis at each other, behind our keyboards. But, after a firm handshake and looking one another in the eye, the dynamic changed."
Rod MillerSeptember 17, 2023
Rod Miller: Transparency and Political Courage in the Cowboy State
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "When it comes to the political courage to back up their hot air, WyoRINO is woefully lacking. I suppose that, if you lack cojones, you are better off concealing your cowardice behind a cloak of anonymity."
Rod MillerSeptember 10, 2023
Rod Miller: Nels Smith - Another Tall Tree Gone From Wyoming’s Skyline
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "When Sen. Al Simpson eulogized the passing of Gov. Ed Herschler, he said, 'A tall tree is gone from Wyoming’s rugged skyline.' When Wyoming’s titans pass, I always think of those words. And there have been damn few trees taller in our state than Nels Smith.
Rod MillerSeptember 06, 2023
Rod Miller: A Better Mousetrap for Wyoming’s Flawed Election Code
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "A recent vacancy in the Sheridan County Commission set the wheels in motion for the Republican Party to once again behave like a dysfunctional HOA in a gated community full of rednecks."
Rod MillerSeptember 03, 2023
Rod Miller: Old Men, Fire and Politics in the Big Empty
The herd had stampeded during a thunderstorm in the middle of the night. They scattered so severely that Rimrock, the night rider, dragged into camp to say, "They’re out there in little bunches. Some bunches have three or four in ‘em, some bunches have a dozen. But there are a lot of bunches out there than don’t have any in ‘em.”
Rod MillerAugust 27, 2023
Rod Miller: The Wyoming GOP Rides For Too Many Brands
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Columnist Rod Miller writes, "When I was a young lad learning to buy horses, the best advice anyone ever gave me was, 'Count the brands.' If a horse had more than one brand, it meant that he was a problem for somebody."
Rod MillerAugust 23, 2023
Rod Miller: We’re Not In Kansas Anymore, Toto. This Is Wyoming
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "When the police chief of Marion, Kansas, raided the office of the small local newspaper a week ago, he did nothing more than reinforce James Madison’s truism that the freedom of the press must not be abridged."
Rod MillerAugust 20, 2023