Year: <span>2015</span>

Year: 2015

Too Many Menacing Distractions

The past few weeks have left the Wyoming Legislature and Governor Mead distracted, finding cover for the over-run costs, for renovation of the Cowboy State’s architectural version of the Taj Mahal. We’re reminded of the severe decline in energy revenue, and that they’re now serious about the budget. The distraction …

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“Absent His Touch!”

On December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a somber, but resolute President Franklin Roosevelt, after strapping on steel braces to his legs, walked into the U.S. House chamber, supported by his son Jimmy. He addressed a joint session of Congress, and asked for a …

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Wyoming and Refugees

If you recall, in response to the citizen push-back that WY Governor Mead received from his Sept 2013 letter to the US Office of Refugee Resettlement, Mead expressed his concerns about potential racism, and said he had called upon the WY Humanities Council “to consider ways to talk about refugees …

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Should We Just Take Another Pill?

Most of us associate health with taking a pill. Whether it’s a Tylenol for arthritic pain, or the generic Carvedilol, used to treat heart failure and hypertension. The use of prescriptions increase commensurate with aging. It’s common knowledge of the danger of overdoses, or abuse of prescriptions-even over-the-counter drugs. We’re …

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