Another Martin Luther King Day disrespected by the Wyoming Legislature.
UP to members of the Senate Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee for supporting Senate File 78, titled “Apprenticeship and jo…
“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Here we go again.
Half a century later, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) remains the Supreme Court’s authoritative ruling on sy…
Last fall Wyoming officials approved the formation of two new charter schools — Wyoming Classical Academy in Mills and the Cheyenne Classical …
Do you believe you have value? I don’t mean a monetary price tag. I mean a value of importance and worth to family, friends, coworkers, employ…
When our society finds a better way to archive public records for the people, it will have the full support of this newspaper.
There’s a persistent narrative in Wyoming that the coal industry’s ills can be laid at the feet of the federal government. If we could just re…
In a tragic, landmark ruling of historic dimensions, the Supreme Court, in 1927, in an opinion written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, uphel…
Copernicus surely had no idea when he got the Scientific Revolution underway in the 16th century that an unintended effect would be empowering…
Last week, we had the great honor of calling to order the start of the 67th General Session of the Wyoming State Legislature. Now begins the h…
Childhood hunger is an issue legislators would rather ignore, because if you admit it exists, you have to do something, and that costs money.
Late last year, the governor’s Reimagining and Innovating the Delivery of Education advisory group delivered its final recommendations to Gov.…
On the surface, a legislative proposal to combine Wyoming’s K-12 education funds seems like a good idea. As with most problems, though, when y…
When he hit the ball over the fence, all the coaches seated two rows in front of me stood up and asked, “Where did he come from?” It was the t…
The last time the University of Wyoming played in the Arizona Bowl football game the Cowboys won 38-17 over Georgia State, and the UW followin…
The 93 legislators at the Capitol are actors in a classic play Wyoming has watched for years. When they leave in March, most of the cast will …
“Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” — Vince Lombardi
Last month, the U.S. Census Bureau released new population figures for Wyoming and other states. The numbers received little attention, but th…
I read Governor Gordon’s recent Second Inaugural Address with great interest, in which he quoted Theodore Roosevelt: “... we cannot afford as …
