The essays below have appeared as commentaries in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and the Casper Star Tribune since early 2015. Earlier columns are posted on the "WTE Columns" page. From now on I'll omit scanned copies of the printed columns, posting my compositions only. Editors' headlines, as well as dates of publication,are included. 

A few months ago, when several Wyoming newspapers were acquired by AP Media of the Rockies, local columnists were informed we would no longer be paid. Actually, the Casper paper never paid me, riding piggy-back on the WTE, though it pays less accomplished local writers.

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