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: Ready For The Times To Get Better
The News from Lake Wobegon, about folks retiring from farming and moving into town, featured a story about a kindly aunt who secretly smoked starting a fire smoking in an outhouse. It was put out by her nephew, in a manner men are equipped to do, keeping her secret.
Dave SimpsonSeptember 01, 2020
Dave Simpson: Better Cross Portland Off Your List
I listened closely last week and didn't hear one Democrat at their convention cite the great job their party has done running big cities like Portland.
Dave SimpsonAugust 26, 2020
Dave Simpson: Chewing The Fat Out On The Porch
Three old guys sitting in Adirondack chairs on a porch, staring into a crackling campfire.
Dave SimpsonAugust 19, 2020
Dave Simpson: Getting Cold Feet Over The Debates
And yet we're now told by The New York Times that the very foundation of our country is racist. Systemic racism is the new blanket slur.
Dave SimpsonAugust 12, 2020
Dave Simpson: Coin Shortage: Who Could Have Seen This Coming?
It was at a sandwich shop this week that the guy behind the counter asked if I minded if my change wasn't quite exact, due to the current shortage of coins.
Dave SimpsonAugust 04, 2020
Dave Simpson: Up Where Distancing Is No Problem
Nice to know that 2020 isn't nearly as rotten a year if we can just get far enough away from members of our own species.
Dave SimpsonJuly 28, 2020
Dave Simpson: The NFL – Taking A Walk, As They Take A Knee
Who cares what a pro football team's nickname is if we have to sit through millionaire players and coaches taking a knee during the national anthem to show their contempt for our country?
Dave SimpsonJuly 23, 2020
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