Symbols cloud the issues . . .
I don’t expect you to print this letter and neither do the 10 people I had read it.... more
The wandering cat came back
Minnow, a slinky, silver cat with big, green eyes, disappeared on Tuesday, Aug. 15. ... more
Our state portrayed in movies, TV thanks to Taylor Sheridan
Wyoming has been the home for four years to the hottest young movie and TV director Taylor Sheridan.... more
Musing on heroes and heels . . .
was talking with one of the reporters Friday morning, telling tales about some of the interesting things I’ve photographed and reported on in almost three decades as a professional journalist.... more
Response to recent information about Virginia
In 1968 I enrolled at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and our family moved for graduate study.... more
Questioning power not a new phenomenon
Many people, mainly news media, disparage President Trump’s bellicose remarks to North Korea.... more
Memories of following the beets
It just dawned on me this morning that I have been writing about sugar beet harvest for 25 years. The first eight years were here in Torrington, taking pictures and reporting on harvest progress for Holly Sugar. ... more
Readers upset by editorial cartoon
In the past week, we’ve received blowback in letters and on social media regarding a political cartoon published in the Aug. 16 Torrington Telegram.... more
The day Wyoming went dark
I first heard about Monday’s total solar eclipse a couple years ago.... more
Chasing the 2017 eclipse across 98,000 square miles
This “Great Eclipse of 2017” business has had me traveling Wyoming from one end of the state to the other.... more
Longing for the good ol’ days
One of my many duties as editor of the Torrington Telegram every week is compiling copy and images for the Look Back feature, which appears in (most) Friday editions.... more
Are you packing? Nope, just looking like a Wyoming has-been old-timer
The first time it happened was when I was in the bar area of the Lander Community Center during a Whiteheart charity fund-raiser to benefit disabled veterans.... more
Crazier than a pet ‘coon
Growing up, my family had several unconventional pets, as well as plenty of conventional pets with unusual tendencies. ... more
The ‘inevitable consequence’ of socialized healthcare
The story of Charlie Gard, a medically frail baby in England is the latest of many perfect examples of why we don’t need single payer healthcare liberals are trying to encumber on we the people. ... more
Not looking forward to ‘the good ol’ days’
When it comes to pre-existing health conditions, there’s no such thing as the good ol’ days.... more
It’s the little things that count
First of all, a great big “Thank You” to all of you who have welcomed me back to the pages of the Torrington Telegram.... more
Counting steps walking through Cowboy State in summer
Is there a better place in the world for a morning walk than a nice path in Wyoming?... more
Should patriotism be dangerous?
With a title like that, you’re probably thinking I’m going to touch on topics like the brave men and women who serve in our military, the threat of terrorism or explore what it means to be an American today.... more
Reader questions science of climate change theories
There is not just a century of global climate change study. ... more
Take a look at where independence comes from
I’m always called to pause and think at this time of year.... more
Denying access to public records flouts letter, intent of law
In a 1765 treatise, Founding Father John Adams wrote, “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right … to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean, of the character and conduct of their rulers.”... more
Well, I’m back
After 17 years as agriculture editor at a neighboring newspaper, I jumped at the chance to return to where I began my journalism career more than 30 years ago.... more
