Opinions
What inspires us? What is it that gets us to put forth our very best effort and be the best selves we can possibly be?
Being involved in sports through the past several decades, I’ve watched teams that win, I’ve watched teams that almost win, I’ve watched teams that are on the brink of winning and...
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he U.S. Supreme Court’s first major ruling on the meaning of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause was in Everson v. Board of Education, in 1947, when it upheld a state law that provided busing of students to parochial schools. The Court’s entry into this constitutional maze foreshadowed the...
Fentanyl Russian Roulette
To the Editor:
It is difficult for the average person to understand why a normal person would persist in playing Russian Roulette with a loaded gun every day, but that is what some people are doing who take various pills every day to try to escape reality.
Fentanyl is a...
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o doubt about it — we are getting more wind today than ever before in history. I hear people saying that all over Wyoming, in Utah, in Nevada, and even in Dallas, Texas, during this long windy spring.
No matter where we have been over the past few months, local winds have almost blown us away. ...
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ccording to a recent study from a company called Smart Asset, Weston County ranks ninth out of Wyoming’s 23 counties on a list of the best counties in the state for small business owners.
To arrive at that conclusion, the study looked at tax returns from each county to determine the proportion of...
America’s free speech story, as written in Supreme Court decisions, did not begin until World War I when the Court declared in 1919, in Schenck v. United States, that speech is protected unless it presents a “clear and present danger” to our nation.
The Court’s landmark opinion, written by Justice...
A nuclear bulls-eye is focused smack on Wyoming’s state capital. Today, when madman Vladimir Putin is talking about sending Russian nuclear missiles to the USA, it can make you wonder about what you would do in such a scenario?
This is one of those “what if” columns. I want to believe that what I...
Gillette City Council recently found itself in hot water after an investigation found the governing body repeatedly violated open meetings laws.
According to the Gillette News Record’s report of a comprehensive review released early this month, the city had conducted improper executive sessions —...
Everyone has heard of a Promposal — the trend of coming up with a creative and perhaps extravagant method of asking your date to the prom — but last weekend, Newcastle students, parents and staff pulled off a Promiracle.
For the first time in my tenure at Newcastle High School, the prom venue was...
I often get asked, “What made you choose soccer as a high school sport?” The truest answer I can give is that I truly have no clue. Don’t get me wrong, soccer is my favorite sport, other than volleyball, but the spring weather just plain sucks. You never know if you’ll be able to actually compete...
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