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Dave Simpson: Behold, The Kitchen-Table Haircut
My wife likes saving the $11 that a geezer haircut costs. When the coronavirus hit, we had no alternative but to have her cut my hair at the kitchen table.
Dave SimpsonJuly 14, 2020
Dave Simpson: Remember, Always Lie to Pollsters
The late, great Chicago columnist Mike Royko had this advice when exit polling was first introduced: Always, always lie to pollsters. It's the only defense we have against people who are relentlessly distorting our election process.
Dave SimpsonJuly 08, 2020
Hey GOP! Don’t Call at Dinnertime!
A key problem, however, is that the U.S. Senate is so out of touch and rude that it calls us at dinnertime.
Dave SimpsonJuly 01, 2020
Dave Simpson: Don’t Paint All Cops With Same Brush
Making sweeping generalizations about all cops is just as wrong as lumping peaceful demonstrators with looters.
Dave SimpsonJune 23, 2020
Dave Simpson: Digital News: We’re Losing Plenty In This Process
Coverage of local news and issues have never been more threatened. Why you should care.
Dave SimpsonJune 17, 2020
Dave Simpson: We’re Less Deplorable Than Before!
Apparently what makes us deplorable and not good people is our fondness for keeping our doctor if we like our doctor, keeping our insurance if we like our insurance, secure borders, an aversion to late-term abortions, not saddling our grand kids with huge, crippling debt, a general appreciation for capitalism over socialism, and a general belief that big government screws up more than it fixes.
Dave SimpsonJune 10, 2020
Dave Simpson: No Frontier Days? Cowboy Up!
There's gotta be a pony in this pile of manure...
Dave SimpsonJune 02, 2020
Dave Simpson: That ‘Powerful Odor Of Mendacity’, Dispatches From the New Abnormal
Columnist Dave Simpson wonders why progressives, who were never impressed by a growing economy, record unemployment, and a sky-high Dow, are now suddenly interested in the economy now that the coronavirus has wreaked havoc on American life.
Dave SimpsonMay 27, 2020
Dave Simpson: Temperatures Soaring Over Masks
Where I live, it's about half people wearing masks at Walmart, and half not. So if you wanted to pick fights with people not wearing masks, you could be fighting all the time.
Dave SimpsonMay 19, 2020
Dave Simpson: For This Nomad, The Long Trek Is Over
From an old bench at the edge of our place east of Cheyenne, you can watch freight trains fight their way over Archer Hill, making their way east and west on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Dave SimpsonMay 12, 2020
Dave Simpson: It’s Almost Time To Get Out of Dodge
My inalienable right to get a haircut has only this week been restored by our governor (just in time to avoid a Billy Ray Cyrus mullet).
Dave SimpsonMay 07, 2020
Dave Simpson: Trump Column Unleashes the Beast
One person said he would rather not respond to my unbridled idiocy, but wondered nonetheless why anyone could like Trump. He found my explanation lacking, and called Republicans mouth breathers.
Dave SimpsonApril 29, 2020
Cat Urbigkit: Shedding Cabin Fever Amid COVID-19
I get it. Everyone is unhappy and stressed, and either the government is doing too much, or the government isnt doing enough. General complaints about government arent doing much to help anything, but lets all take personal responsibility for what happens next.
Cat UrbigkitApril 27, 2020
Dave Simpson: Why We Support Trump, In Four Words
After almost four years, however, we have decided that while we would almost always put things a bit differently, it was Donald Trump who was elected president, not us.
Dave SimpsonApril 21, 2020
Cat Urbigkit: Rejecting an Unsustainable System
The consolidation of the meat supply has resulted in companies selling an inferior product that costs them less, providing for huge profit margins for the companies while livestock producers get shafted.
Cat UrbigkitApril 20, 2020
Dave Simpson: When Hunkering Down Isn’t Enough
If the barber shops stay closed for much longer, I'm going to look like Meatloaf.
Dave SimpsonApril 14, 2020
Cat Urbigkit: The Certainty of Spring Migrations
The first sign of spring on the ranch is usually something heard rather than seen: the soft, warbling song of a bluebirds early dawn message.
Cat UrbigkitApril 13, 2020
Dave Simpson: Bored? Pick A Fight On Facebook!
Let's just pray that Coronavirus isn't as virulent and incurable as Trump Hate.
Dave SimpsonApril 07, 2020
Cat Urbigkit: The Helpers, and Paying It Forward
During this national emergency, this unsettled and distressing time, Im noticing helpers in every direction.
Cat UrbigkitApril 06, 2020
Dave Simpson: What Will You Do With Your $1,200?
What comes after a trillion? A gazillion?
Dave SimpsonApril 03, 2020
Cat Urbigkit: Governor Rejects Legislative Oversight of Land Deal, But Plows Ahead
Although vetoing the bill, Gordon continued to pledge his commitment that we will continue to find ways to take steps to explore this opportunity.
Cat UrbigkitMarch 28, 2020
Dave Simpson: Still Hunkering in Wyoming, After All These Days
We've still got 19 rolls I'm keeping track - which ought to be enough. But when supplies return to the shelves, I'll pick up a 12-pack.
Dave SimpsonMarch 26, 2020
Cat Urbigkit: The Ringing of the Bells
The gentle ringing of bells is heard by those who listen. Pastoralists around the globe have used bells on their livestock for thousands of years, and in many regions the tradition continues substantially unchanged.
Cat UrbigkitMarch 24, 2020
Dave Simpson: Picking the Walmart Carcass Clean
The big change was apparent Friday afternoon. Both sides of the toilet paper/hand towel aisle were completely empty. The near-panic had spread to the dairy section, where there wasn't a carton of eggs to be had.
Dave SimpsonMarch 18, 2020