Dave Simpson
Dave Simpson started his newspaper career in 1973 as a reporter for the Laramie Daily Boomerang. He moved on to editing posts at the Rawlins Daily Times and the Casper Star-Tribune. He then published newspapers in Colorado and Illinois for Howard Publications owners at the time of the Star-Tribune for 17 years.
Dave has written a weekly column about a wide variety of topics for 39 years, winning top columnist awards in Wyoming, Colorado, Illinois and Nebraska.
He and his wife Caryl are retired and live on an old wheat field east of Cheyenne. Their dog Mitch the latest in a long line of black Labrador Retrievers was rescued from the pound in Torrington.
Dave built his log cabin in the Snowy Range of Carbon County in the 1980s, where he spends as much time as possible every summer.
Latest from Dave Simpson
Dave Simpson: A Far Cry From The Watergate Hearings
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Some of us are old enough to remember the Watergate hearings back in the summer of 1973. Trust me on this: The January 6th 'hearings' ain't no Watergate hearings. "
Dave SimpsonJuly 06, 2022
Dave Simpson: Try Not To Spend It All In One Place
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "The average American buys 400 gallons of gas a year, so three months of relief with Joe Biden's gas tax pause of 18 cents a gallon comes to a total of $18. Enough for three more gallons. Don't quit your day job, folks."
Dave SimpsonJune 28, 2022
Dave Simpson: Liz Pursues The Great White Whale
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "The problem with Rep. Liz Cheney's Captain Ahab-like determination to see that Donald Trump never gets anywhere near the Oval Office again (her words) is that Trump was so much better at the job of being president than President Joe Biden."
Dave SimpsonJune 21, 2022
Dave Simpson: Worth The High Price Of Gasoline…
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Maybe something strong from the brewery can help us forget Joe's $4.69 gasoline. Wyoming's at it's best this time of year. It's worth the price of gasoline to get out and about."
Dave SimpsonJune 13, 2022
Dave Simpson: Still Four Feet Of Snow? You Betcha!
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "As of Monday morning, the government reporting station at Sand Lake in the Medicine Bow National Forest showed 50 inches of snow still on the ground - four feet, two inches."
Dave SimpsonJune 06, 2022
Dave Simpson: Dave’s Hard-Learned Lessons For The Grads
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "A high school graduation party for a young man I shadowed on his first day walking home from grade school reminds me that it's time for Dave's Hard-Learned Lessons for the Grads."
Dave SimpsonMay 31, 2022
Dave Simpson: A Time When Every Day Is Saturday
Columnist Dave Simpson write: "We're lucky in Wyoming, where most who head off to Washington stay for a few terms, then come home to the state they've professed to love for years. Most don't go native in Washington, and that's a good thing. (Sadly, Mike Enzi didn't get much time to enjoy life back home before his tragic accident.)"
Dave SimpsonMay 23, 2022
Dave Simpson: They’ll Call You Every Name In The Book
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Crazy increases in property values shouldn't result in crazy windfalls to government. Taxing bodies need to live in the real world, with the rest of us."
Dave SimpsonMay 17, 2022
Dave Simpson: Conspiracy Theorists, You Say?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: State party politics is sort of a hobby like spelunking, or flying model airplanes with little connection to everyday conservatives who just want smaller government, fewer regulations, lower taxes, secure borders, less crime, inflation relief, and a whole lot less of this woke insanity.
Dave SimpsonMay 10, 2022
Dave Simpson: Sponging Up Those Russian Nukes
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "We're the expendables, and as the home of Warren Air Force Base, overseeing 150 silos here and another 300 in Montana and North Dakota, we're no doubt leading the list of expendables."
Dave SimpsonMay 03, 2022
Dave Simpson: Our Last Dog? That Jury’s Still Out!
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "'This is absolutely the LAST DOG we're ever going to have,' my wife proclaims on a pretty regular basis. 'And I mean it!'
Dave SimpsonApril 26, 2022
Dave Simpson: Always Ask For The ‘Wisdom Discount’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Let's talk about something other than war and politics this week, because, like, everyone needs a ding-dong break now and then."
Dave SimpsonApril 19, 2022