by Mike Pyatt The average Wyomingite cares about Turkey-at Thanksgiving. This week-end’s failed military coup to topple Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan, (pronounced air-doo-won) thrust Turkey (ancient Asia Minor) to the media forefront. Many world political leaders condemned the attempted coup, claiming that Erdogan has “constitutional authority,” and “duly elected.” Others …
by Maury Jones When my daughter, Gina, was just a toddler and learning to talk, she had this thing about wanting to pet everything; chickens, horses, cows, even a coyote that ran across the road. “I wanna pet it,” she would say with a plaintive pleading voice. Her little tongue …
by Mike Pyatt Wyoming epitomizes retail politics. Meeting and talking with people, shaking hands, and making stump speeches. In a recent discussion with a Wyoming political office holder, the conversation drifted to politicians who have the “gift of oratory,” providing an apparent edge in public discourse and debate. However, we …
by Mike Pyatt In 1941, a Northeastern newspaper editor characterized Presidents Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln as “lighthouses in a foggy world.” It’s more than symbolism. Should we be shocked when our “moral light” has been extinguished in most of our institutions, from schools of social sciences and education in universities, …
