Tag Archives: Wyoming

Is DC facing a new “Sagebrush Rebellion” in 2024-2025?

Posted on 2024-11-01 by TPOL Nathan

The Cowboy State Daily, a Wyoming alternative media outlet that produces much of its own content, reports an effort by Wyoming officials to support a Utah lawsuit that could result in 200 million acres of FedGov land in the West … Continue reading →

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Wyoming bonanza?

Posted on 2024-02-14 by TPOL Nathan

For more than a century, the State of Wyoming has been critical in the history and success of the economy and technology of the States – and possibly, the entire planet. That critical nature may not be just a historical … Continue reading →

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Government funding of weapons training?

Posted on 2023-09-28 by TPOL Nathan

Late news: It is reported that the US House of Representatives voted 424 to 1 to overturn the provisions of the law which triggered this commentary. The Cowboy State Daily reports that the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reacting … Continue reading →

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Can we learn any lessons from the past?

Posted on 2023-05-26 by TPOL Nathan

Publisher’s note: A rapid trip, 400 miles each way plus “ion-and’around” an area of the West new to us, both delayed postings and triggers these thoughts. The Wind River Basin of Central Wyoming is one of the great beautiful places … Continue reading →

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What is wrong in Wyoming? And why?

Posted on 2021-11-08 by TPOL Nathan

The cracks in American society grow wider and deeper daily, it seems. [A clarification (thanks, Tom!) is added in the main body of this article. Please read below.] Some States have it worse than others: consider Virginia or New Jersey, … Continue reading →

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Fighting against liberty – the 2020s foremost activity

Posted on 2021-09-22 by TPOL Nathan

Call it what you will – it is clear that much of public discourse in 2021 consists of direct attacks on people’s liberty. That is, your liberty and my liberty. The news is daily filled with yet another example of … Continue reading →

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South Dakota – punishment for Trump and more?

Posted on 2021-03-17 by TPOL Nathan

Author’s note: As I sit writing this, our home outside Rapid City in the Black Hills sits under 15-18 inches of fresh, wet, spring snow, courtesy of the vast Storm Xylia that engulfed much of the Rockies and Great Plains. … Continue reading →

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Wyoming’s rest area crisis (Part III) – concepts of liberty

Posted on 2020-06-25 by TPOL Nathan

Having explained the problems with rest areas and their closure in Wyoming, what can we learn from that, and what can we do to provide an essential service AND expand liberty?

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Wyoming’s rest area crisis (Part II)

Posted on 2020-06-23 by TPOL Nathan

Last week, the State of Wyoming suddenly closed a quarter of its rest areas on Interstates and other highways. Traveling through Wyoming on Friday the 19th, we saw some immediate results as my family passed three of the closed rest … Continue reading →

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Wyoming’s rest area crisis (Part I)

Posted on 2020-06-22 by TPOL Nathan

A few weeks ago, the State of Wyoming announced that a significant number of rest areas across the State were being closed permanently. The reason given was to save money; fuel excise tax revenues and sales tax revenues had dropped … Continue reading →

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