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Rod Miller: Partisanship Is The Disease, Not The Cure
Rod Miller writes: “State Rep. Chris Knapp, a Republican from Gillette, says that Wyoming needs more partisanship in our public life, not less. That’s like your doctor telling you that you need more herpes in your body."
Rod MillerApril 20, 2023
Rod Miller: Wyoming Should NEVER Hide Her Heritage!
Columnist Rod Miller writes: "The two of the most powerful symbols of Wyoming’s heritage, Esther Hobart Morris and Chief Washakie, deserve to be back out in front of the State Capitol. Concealing our rich heritage and hiding these symbols of who we are as a state in some underground passageway is a slap in the face of our common history. It makes us appear ashamed of two of our giants."
Rod MillerApril 16, 2023
Rod Miller: Strange Dance Partners - Or - Friendship, Politics and Free Speech in the Cowboy State
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "In the midst of this shitstorm, Karlee Provenza found support from a very unexpected quarter. Sen. Anthony Bouchard publicly stated that he honors her First Amendment right to free speech. That took some serious huevos."
Rod MillerApril 12, 2023
Rod Miller: When C.J. Box Killed Me (A Wyoming Tragedy)
It's no secret that Box likes to populate his novels with characters named after folks he knows in real life. That’s how I found myself transformed into Rodney “Mandan” Miller in his first book, Open Season.
Rod MillerApril 08, 2023
Rod Miller: The Legacy of C.J. Box's Joe Pickett in the Big Empty
Columnist Rod Miller writes: "There is an entire generation of red-shirted, green pickup-driving Wyoming game wardens who came of age reading about and identifying with Joe Pickett, and I found myself curious about how that has affected their work."
Rod MillerApril 06, 2023
Rod Miller: The Case For Exclusion In The Equality State
Columnist Rod Miller writes: Biological males should be excluded from all-female organizations such as the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at UW. No matter how firmly he is convinced that he is a woman, he is still a dude doing sleepovers in a houseful of women.
Rod MillerApril 02, 2023
Rod Miller: Wolves, Bears, the Endangered Species Act and Bedtime Stories
Columnist Rod Miller writes: "The root of the problem is an American public that views wolves, bears and feral horses as something other than what they truly are – resources needing human management in a fragmented and urbanizing West."
Rod MillerMarch 26, 2023
Rod Miller: Eathorne’s Charge — The High-Water Mark of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus
Columnist Rod Miller writes: "Couple the Freedom Caucus losses in many Wyoming county elections along with their dismal record of success in the legislative session, and the writing is on the wall. Folks in the Cowboy State are starting to tire of Freedom Caucus bluster and bullshit."
Rod MillerMarch 22, 2023
Rod Miller: High Noon In Bondurant (or) Doug Vickrey Is Cowboy As Hell
Columnist Rod Miller writes: "The cowboy is Doug Vickrey, a Sublette County commissioner who has had a bellyful of billionaire big talk and bullshit. Vickrey says, and I quote, 'I would like Mr. Ricketts to know that with all his wealth there are some things in this world money cannot buy, and by God I’m one of them.'"
Rod MillerMarch 19, 2023
Rod Miller: Stick It Where The Sun Don’t Shine
Columnist Rod Miller writes: "Our elected representatives in Wyoming government still meet in secret to make side deals out of the public eye. They continue to try to pull the wool over our eyes and to hamstring the institution entrusted to keep the public informed – our free press."
Rod MillerMarch 15, 2023
Rod Miller: March Madness and Human History
Columnist Rod Miller writes: "Participation trophies throughout history have included having your village plundered and burned, your land taken, your gods overthrown and your children sold into slavery by the winner. Knowing that alone should make you want to toughen up and hone your competitive skills."
Rod MillerMarch 12, 2023
Rod Miller: Fun With Nicknames and a Cartoon
Columnist Rod Miller writes: "Youll recall that a week ago, I challenged yall to come up with a moniker for folks in the Big Empty who call everyone else RINO (Republican In Name Only) and you, friends and neighbors, didnt disappoint."
Rod MillerMarch 05, 2023