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Rod Miller

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Rod Miller: Let's Not Give More Power To The Gang That Can't Shoot Straight

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "In Park County, home to the nincompoops that are trying to tell Wyoming how to conduct our elections, the county assessor resigned then the dumpster caught fire."

Rod MillerJanuary 22, 2025

Rod Miller: Planning The New Mount Rushmore Around The Ol’ Campfire

Rod Miller writes, "Sourdough forged onward. 'Vedauwoo has all them rocks right by the interstate. If someone carved Josh Allen’s face on one o’ them boulders, tourists would go nuts an’ Buford would be a boomtown again!'”

Rod MillerJanuary 19, 2025

Rod Miller: A Music Critic's Look At The Wyoming Freedom Caucus

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Wyoming’s post-punk, neo-emo, proto-death-metal musical sensation, The Freedom Caucus, rocked the opening gig of their Five and Dime tour by slashing their way through every song on their freshman album, 'Mandate,' in Cheyenne last night.

Rod MillerJanuary 16, 2025

Rod Miller: Make (Fill In The Blank) Great Again - A Campfire Conversation

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "It was a dark and stormy night. Cowboys huddled in a miserable circle, as wind blew the sputtering campfire sideways, and blew snow down collars. The beans and coffee had been cold, and there was nothing but a blizzard for dessert."

Rod MillerJanuary 07, 2025

Rod Miller: Let the First Amendment Free Your Mind

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "If a human mind finds the way to God, that is a result of its own freedom, and not the result of government. Here endeth the lesson."

Rod MillerJanuary 05, 2025

Rod Miller: Things Might Be Weird Enough Now

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Dr. Hunter S. Thompson invented Gonzo Journalism by embedding with the Oakland Hells Angels and provoking them to stomp him into jelly. He would have been the perfect journalist to cover the MAGA movement."

Rod MillerJanuary 01, 2025

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Rod Miller: That Day I Crashed My Airplane

Columnist Rod Miller writes: "Seminoe Reservoir was smooth as a mirror, and with the sun behind us, we chased our own shadow across the calm water. But something bad happened as soon as the tires touched the runway.”

Rod MillerDecember 29, 2024

Rod Miller: Returning Power to Wyoming People, One Good Idea At a Time

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Things should get pretty lively in Cheyenne during the upcoming legislative session. There’s a new posse in town and, according to them, their intent is to invest more political power in the hands of Wyoming’s citizens."

Rod MillerDecember 26, 2024

Rod Miller: A Campfire Christmas

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Twas the night before Christmas, ‘round the ol’ campfire. Coyotes were howlin’ out past the picket wire."

Rod MillerDecember 22, 2024

Rod Miller: Wyoming's Signature Cocktail Is The Ice Slough Mint Julep

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "When the julep hits your gullet, it’s like drinking brimstone distilled in lye, with an after-taste of death on the trail. But you’ve come this far, so you drink it all. Momma keeps making juleps ‘til the jug is empty."

Rod MillerDecember 15, 2024

Rod Miller: Wyoming Democrats & the Elusive “Different Result”

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "So, Democrats in the Wyoming Legislature were cold-shouldered when committee assignments were recently handed out. As expected, they grumped and groused about being left out. That’s really the only response available to them because they simply don’t control enough seats to effect any other outcome."

Rod MillerDecember 09, 2024

Rod Miller: The 10 Worst Things In Wyoming In 2024

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Number 6 – The 'out of order' signs, and police tape that encircles the Independence Rock rest area as you are on your way home from Frontier Days, with your intestines full to bursting with funnel cakes. And you lock your keys in the car."

Rod MillerDecember 08, 2024

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