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Tom Lubnau & Rod Miller: Government Secrecy And You
Columnists Tom Lubnau and Rod Miller write, "The only reason no one has disclosed the advice the attorney general gave to Secretary Gray is because Secretary Gray wants that advice secret."
Tom Lubnau & Rod MillerMay 03, 2026
Tom Lubnau: The GOP Thinks It's Grabbing Power. It's Not
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "The Wyoming Republican Party passed a bad idea to sue the state to overturn the state's election law as it applies to major parties. Looks like a power grab by the party. It’s really a slow-motion surrender of power."
Tom LubnauApril 30, 2026
Tom Lubnau: The Truth Behind Two Really Good-Sounding, But Deeply Flawed, Bills
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "It’s everywhere. Politicians are breathlessly warning that someone is coming for your parental rights, your guns, your vote, your freedom. The villains are endless. And almost entirely fictional. Here are two examples..."
Tom LubnauApril 23, 2026
Tom Lubnau: No Drugstore Cowboys — Dusty Vaquero Day Comes to Wyoming
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "In its second year, Dusty Vaquero Days lands at the CAM-PLEX Events Center in Gillette May 28. Three days. Thirty-five acts. And not a single poser in the bunch. This is saddle-worn, dust-covered, earned-the-hard-way music. The kind that smells like leather, diesel, and fresh-cut hay."
Tom LubnauApril 15, 2026
Tom Lubnau: The Myth Of Runaway Spending In Wyoming
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "This election year, politicians are pounding their chests about runaway spending saying they're here to save you. When they start boasting, it is time to switch on your nonsense detector. The numbers tell a different story."
Tom LubnauApril 09, 2026
Tom Lubnau: The Price of Voting. No Privacy.
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "If you voted in Wyoming, your personal information now lives in a massive federal database which is shared across agencies, combined with other datasets, and stored who-knows-where in the cloud. Forever. Because databases don’t forget."
Tom LubnauApril 02, 2026
Tom Lubnau: The Court Drew a Map. The Legislature Drove Into the Ditch.
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "The 'Human Heartbeat Act' will likely be struck down — for the same reasons as before. The Constitution hasn’t changed. The Court’s reasoning hasn’t changed. And when it happens, expect outrage. Expect blame aimed everywhere but the mirror."
Tom LubnauMarch 26, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Campaign Season – When Propaganda Puts on a Cowboy Hat
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Wyoming saw a preview of this new style of campaigning in 2024, when out-of-state political groups poured forklift loads of money into legislative races. Suddenly, we were seeing campaigns that looked more like national politics."
Tom LubnauMarch 19, 2026
Tom Lubnau: From Forbidden Soviet Rock to Sold-Out American Shows
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "In 2014, a Russian sound engineer named Leonid Vorobyev decided to give himself an unusual 60th birthday present. Instead of a cake, he assembled a band. Not just any band. Imagine a band full of all stars."
Tom LubnauMarch 11, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Wyoming’s Soul. Still For Sale?
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "When money flows from out of state, when scripts are secret, when fundraisers exclude the press, when checks are handed out on the House floor, people begin to suspect the Legislature is being managed from somewhere other than Wyoming."
Tom LubnauMarch 05, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Checkgate Stinks. An Investigation Won’t Clear the Air.
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "When Rebecca Bextel was escorted onto the Wyoming House floor by Rep. Nina Webber, R-Cody, to hand out checks to members of the House of Representatives, no one could have predicted the political wildfire that would follow."
Tom LubnauFebruary 27, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Cruelty Is Not Conservatism
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "In other words, Rep Rachel Rodriguez Williams, Freedom Caucus Chair, was apparently arguing a life for a life. If the Court system would not protect unborn children, the judges should be eliminated, too."
Tom LubnauFebruary 26, 2026