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: What In Sam Hill Does That Mean?
Columnist Dave Simpson wonders what in the Sam Hill does "what in the Sam Hill" mean...
Dave SimpsonMay 11, 2021
Dave Simpson: Friends Don’t Let Friends Become Landlords
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I learned that to be a landlord, you need the disposition of a prison warden, with a demeanor that tells renters you eat puppy dogs for breakfast, and kittens for lunch."
Dave SimpsonMay 04, 2021
Dave Simpson: Both Sides Get Their Share Of Crazy
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "For months now, I've been seeing a car parked at the grocery store with this bumper sticker: 'Ted Bundy was a Republican.'"
Dave SimpsonApril 27, 2021
Dave Simpson: Who Cares? Let Our Kids Pay!
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Bear in mind, $27 trillion in debt will soon be a quaint memory, as the $1.9 trillion Covid relief blowout is being followed by a $2 trillion (maybe more) infrastructure blowout, to be followed by another trillion dollar blowout for whatever Joe Biden and his wild-eyed progressives dream up next."
Dave SimpsonApril 21, 2021
Dave Simpson: She Might Need New License Plates
Columnist Dave Simpson said an elderly Wyoming woman is getting threatened because of her "MAGA" license plates. "MAGA" is what her grandkids have always called her.
Dave SimpsonApril 13, 2021
Dave Simpson: That 79-Cent Pizza Had Potential
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Folks like us are shaking our heads at a federal government that, while we were pinching our pennies, was spending about $1.36 for every dollar they collected in taxes, amassing a $27 trillion debt along the way."
Dave SimpsonApril 06, 2021
Dave Simpson: Hey Baby, They’re Playin’ Our Song
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "As Merle Haggard sang, we're 'rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for Hell.'"
Dave SimpsonMarch 30, 2021
Dave Simpson: So Much For Those Lucky Oysters
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Who paid for those Biden Please Let Us In t-shirts that many of the people streaming toward our southern border are wearing? Is there a bargain t-shirt shop somewhere along the route to the United States?"
Dave SimpsonMarch 24, 2021
Dave Simpson: Miss Frances Didn’t Mince Words
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "My mother-in-law, Frances Elvira Wood, came to live with us 10 years ago. She was 86 at the time, and didn't mince words. That's where her salty Franisms came from."
Dave SimpsonMarch 17, 2021
Dave Simpson: We’re Just As Bad As The Democrats
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "A column I wrote about the death of Rush Limbaugh netted over 140 comments on Facebook, many of them skewering me for having listened to Rush for 32 years. They beat me like a rented mule."
Dave SimpsonMarch 10, 2021
Dave Simpson: Old Retired Guys Wrestling With Pots
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "When I retired I took over most of the cooking at our house. Seemed like the least I could do. For all those years I spent working, the chore of cooking fell on my wife. And it plum wore the old gal out. (She's a lot older than I am 24 days.)"
Dave SimpsonMarch 04, 2021
Dave Simpson: Rush Limbaugh, A 32-Year Habit Comes To An End
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I never met Rush Limbaugh, but I will say here what I have heard many say in the last week: l feel like I've lost one of my best friends."
Dave SimpsonFebruary 23, 2021