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The absurd story of SF 0104Feb 10, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: And the legislators actually wonder why their approval ratings are so low. | The best are 'strangers to self-importanceFeb 10, 2013 - By Mark Shields: This past week, I sat for an hour-long, one-on-one interview with Brian Lamb, the man who created C-SPAN, where citizens could see and hear, frequently ... [more] |
No summer vacation?Feb 10, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Legislature's bill permitting year-round school year is worth testing | Meet the 'Problem Solvers'Feb 8, 2013 - By James Rosen, McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON -- For the past three years, some Republican and Democratic lawmakers have sat next to each other during President Barack Obama's annual State of the ... [more] |
Desperate for scandalFeb 8, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: The time to audit the state education department was before Cindy Hill was ransacked, not after | Forever in her debt, U.S. notes centennial of Rosa ParksFeb 7, 2013 - By Brian Gilmore, For MCT News Service: This week marks the 100th birthday of civil rights legend Rosa Parks. To celebrate the date, the U.S. Postal Service has issued a Rosa Parks stamp. It is a ... [more] |
I root for all the HarbaughsFeb 7, 2013 - By Betty Starks Case: Yes, the Super Bowl game last weekend was exciting. Especially when the lights went out at halftime. | How it's done, and notFeb 7, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Americans saw a big difference between cabinet nominees Kerry and Hagel |
Taurus, Mercury obvious this monthFeb 6, 2013 - By Carl Manning: Taurus is famous for its V-shaped outline of stars featuring an orangish star Aldebaran, the 13th brightest star in the sky. | Less grandstandingFeb 6, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: The supplemental budget takes center stage at the Capitol |
GOP's immigration divideFeb 5, 2013 - By Charles Babington, The Associated Press: WASHINGTON -- The immigration debate is threatening to split the Republican Party, pitting those who focus mainly on presidential elections against those who ... [more] | Tuesday notesFeb 5, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Here comes the sun |
Looking for a safer way with gunsFeb 3, 2013 - By Mark Shields: The numbers are unacceptable to everyone -- Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, black, white or brown, gun owner or not. | We're not so different from miceFeb 3, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: Mass hysteria affects both species about the same way. |
National holidayFeb 3, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Official or not, Sunday fills the bill | Forget the game, what about the name?Feb 1, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Is Sunday's pro football championship the Super Bowl or the Superbowl? |
Newspaper awardsFeb 1, 2013 - Staff: We held our own with Wyoming's best | Immigration reform's big moment may have arrivedJan 31, 2013 - The Kansas City Star: At long last, comprehensive immigration reform is receiving serious attention from President Barack Obama and many members of Congress. It's about time. |
The food chain on full displayJan 31, 2013 - By Clair McFarland: I had to admit to myself that I'm a softie. | Decals and glovesJan 31, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Resolving smaller disputes in county government can be useful for when bigger ones come along |
Five in the 500Jan 30, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Follow along with our new investment experiment | A public school westerner at YaleJan 30, 2013 - By Robert H. Peck: The passage of SF104 will make it harder to defend our school system to the polo players back here named Maximillian and Wilberforce. |
Obama's new climate pledge will face test in oil pipeline decisionJan 29, 2013 - By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press: WASHINGTON -- Environmental groups say President Barack Obama's warning about climate change will soon be tested as he decides whether to approve the Keystone ... [more] | Tuesday notesJan 29, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: January as January |
All the old tricks for SF104Jan 27, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: If only legislators applied this level of cunning to actually solving problems rather than fulfilling vendettas. | The veterans are leaving the SenateJan 27, 2013 - By Mark Shields: The cabinet's gain of two Purple Heart recipients will be the Senate's loss. |
A reason to say noJan 27, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: The gasoline tax debate shapes up | Tough looks and fake workJan 25, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: My national television debut via a show called "Nightmare Next Door" on the Discovery Investigation cable channel has come and gone. |
DemolitionJan 25, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: In destroying the state superintendent, legislators are leaving the public in the dark | A very bad ending to Algeria crisisJan 24, 2013 - By The Dallas Morning News: The past week's mass hostage-taking drama in Algeria should not have ended the way it did, with a rescue mission turning into a death trap for 38 hostages, ... [more] |
Diversity as conflictJan 24, 2013 - By Betty Starks Case: I'm a lifetime student, and the lessons never end | Voting for 'Hill bill' would be in violation of oath of officeJan 24, 2013 - Frank Smith, Wyoming Constitution Party, Cheyenne: Editor: |
Sanity makes a comebackJan 24, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Wyoming's Mountain West Conference will retain much of its traditional form after all | Fast start for new Mexican leaderJan 23, 2013 - By Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers: MEXICO CITY -- In power for less than two months, Enrique Pena Nieto has moved vigorously on a reformist agenda, deflected attention from security woes and ... [more] |
Smelling the rosesJan 23, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Obama's most-memorable moment at the inauguration wasn't his speech | Roe vs. Wade at 40Jan 22, 2013 - By Michael Muskal, McClatchy Newspapers: Abortion rights, once a key political wedge issue dividing society, are now so accepted that only 1 in 5 people call it critical and a majority of those ... [more] |
Tuesday notesJan 22, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: The solemn swear | Derailing a superintendentJan 20, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: The move to usurp the voice of the voters goes too far. |
Hagel not hell-bent on conquestJan 20, 2013 - By Roger Simon: "They're already saying Chuck Hagel may be unwilling to send troops into a warzone needlessly," David Letterman said a few nights ago. "What kind of a nut job ... [more] | Breaking the moldJan 20, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: A suggestion to have a county commission meeting at a different time of day has merit |
