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Dave Simpson: 'Silver Wings,' Not 'Barbie,' Got Raves
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Sorry I missed 'Barbie' with my friends Bill and Nancy Sniffin, but the highlight of the summer had nothing to do with sitting in a movie theater. It was sitting around a campfire while a retired eye doctor/musician from Nebraska sang 'Silver Wings.'”
Dave SimpsonSeptember 25, 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
Bill Sniffin: Wyoming Is Full Of Beautiful River Towns, So Which Is The Prettiest?
Bill Sniffin writes: “One of my all-time favorites is Evanston, which has taken its Bear River and made it a dominant item on its landscape. This town might deserve the prize for best use of its river.”
Bill SniffinSeptember 23, 2023
Dennis Sun: Climate Change And What To Believe
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Lately, we’ve heard a lot of news stories saying climate change is the reason for the extreme weather patterns we’ve experienced. The bad news is climate change is so political, we don’t know what to believe."
Dennis SunSeptember 22, 2023
Clair McFarland: The Burger King Of All Weirdos
Clair McFarland writes: "My upbringing was more of the try-to-survive type than the we-care-about-football type. I know there’s some magic that makes everyone put on matching shirts, crowd into a bowl and chant war songs together. But like a tourist tromping into a buzzing monastery, I tried too late to join the faith."
Clair McFarlandSeptember 21, 2023
Charlie Spiering: The Pride and Vanity of Mitt Romney
Columnist Charlie Spiering writes, "Romney’s failures and flip-flops were legendary, but none so egregious as his flip-flop assessment of former President Donald Trump."
Charlie SpieringSeptember 21, 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
Cat Urbigkit: Colorado Preps for Wolf Reintroduction
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes, "Although it appears there is no stopping Colorado’s voter-mandated gray wolf reintroduction program, a draft federal record of decision issued last Friday by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will make dealing with problem wolves a lot easier.
Cat UrbigkitSeptember 19, 2023
Dave Simpson: Did I Mention It Was 4 Whole Days?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Kids shouldn't be spending time every day watching cartoons on television or staring into an iPad. But I'll have to admit that the girls got their share of screen time during their visit, which gave Granny and Gramps time to regroup, catch our breath, and plan strategy."
Dave SimpsonSeptember 18, 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
Dennis Sun: Beef. It's What's For Dinner
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "A recent study by Tulane University found 12 percent of Americans are responsible for eating one-half of all the beef consumed on any given day. I question this study as it was funded by groups against cattle grazing."
Dennis SunSeptember 17, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Wyoming’s Love-Hate Relationship With Interstate 80
Bill Sniffin writes: “I am always complaining about the 12,000 to 16,000 semitrailer trucks on Interstate 80. Even if 99% are courteous and safe, that other 1% means 120-150 monsters making stupid decisions that risk the lives of all of us.”
Bill SniffinSeptember 16, 2023
Harriet Hageman: Boneheaded “Green” Policies Cause Massive Electricity Rate Increase
Rep. Harriet Hageman writes, "Wyoming ratepayers should not be forced to subsidize bad policies coming out of Washington, Colorado, and California. We have all the resources necessary to produce affordable and reliable electricity right here; if Colorado and California don’t want our power, they can find their own alternatives."
Harriet HagemanSeptember 15, 2023
Dave Simpson: Oh Good, California Professors Want To Save Wyoming
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Two professors in California have hope for us. They hope we can get over our silly concerns over vaccine mandates, gender-altering procedures on children, boys playing girls' sports, and talking sex to First Graders in Wyoming."
Dave SimpsonSeptember 15, 2023
Charlie Spiering: Thanks to Nancy Pelosi, We’re Back in Impeachment Season
Columnist Charlie Spiering writes, "Republicans have not reached the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' threshold necessary for a successful impeachment case, but they have certainly reached the new threshold set by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2019 when she moved to impeach President Donald Trump."
Charlie SpieringSeptember 13, 2023
Cat Urbigkit: Legislators to BLM -- Rock Springs Plan is a Community Killer
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes, "Republican legislators attending Tuesday’s committee meeting in Pinedale thanked the Bureau of Land Management for attending the session and then let them know that the’s BLM’s preferred alternative in the draft plan for the Rock Springs district isn’t highly regarded."
Cat UrbigkitSeptember 12, 2023
Dave Simpson: I Call It The Lumpy Rutherford Party
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "My wife says the Democratic party is the Eddie Haskell Party, in that they are complimentary to June Cleaver's face - 'You're looking particularly beautiful today, Mrs. Cleaver' - but laugh at how gullible adults are behind her back."
Dave SimpsonSeptember 11, 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
Guest Column: A Good Idea Does Not Automatically Make A Good Bill
Rep. Barry Crago writes, "[Rep. Allemand's] bill required all business entities in the state to report all ownership interests to their local clerks and the Secretary of State. This is an unprecedented invasion of privacy. Who owns stock in any particular entity is none of the State’s business."
CSD StaffSeptember 09, 2023
Dennis Sun: Private Land Rights
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Most every person I have caught trespassing is also a terrible liar – their excuses are some of the tallest tales one will ever hear."
Dennis SunSeptember 09, 2023
Clair McFarland: Defying Gravity In A Wheeling Death Machine
Clair McFarland writes, "That’s the thing about a small aircraft and a brother pilot. You can fly over the rooftops that matter, instead of hurtling toward California over a patchwork quilt while a baby howls behind you and your seat neighbor suppresses a barf."
Clair McFarlandSeptember 07, 2023
Guest Column: Proposed Electricity Rate Increases Are Blatantly Offensive
Rep. Jon Conrad writes, “Wyoming families are at a breaking point. Electricity rate increases are supposed to be 'just and reasonable.' I believe Rocky Mountain Power's proposed increases are neither just nor reasonable.”
CSD StaffSeptember 07, 2023
Charlie Spiering: Desperate Dems Cling to 14th Amendment To Keep Trump Off Ballot
Columnist Charlie Spiering writes, “Democrats continue their attempts to block former President Donald Trump from running in 2024, as they are afraid that American voters could put him back in power."
Charlie SpieringSeptember 07, 2023
Game & Fish Reports Compensation for Wildlife Damage to Crops Nearly Equal to Compensation for Damages to Livestock
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes, "Although much attention is paid to livestock losses from large carnivore attacks in Wyoming, information prepared by state wildlife officials indicates that the state is paying out nearly an equal amount for wildlife damage to cultivated crops."
Cat UrbigkitSeptember 06, 2023