The Socialists are coming! The Socialists are coming! Like some warped Trumpian version of Paul Revere, modern far-right Wyomingites sound the alarm. From U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, who won election in 2020 pledging to “stop the socialist agenda,” to rank-and-file Republicans, the clarion call warns a “socialist style of government” would destroy the “Wyoming way […]
Author Archives: Paul Krza
Longtime Wyoming journalist Paul Krza also taught school in Cody, wrote sports news at American Forces Radio in Germany and spun records in his hometown, Rock Springs, where he learned journalism when Sweetwater County boomed in the 1970s. He worked in local radio news, then as bureau reporter for the Casper Star-Tribune. In Casper, he was state editor and wrote weekly columns on Wyoming culture and politics. As a freelancer, he’s written for Albuquerque-area publications, High Country News and the Denver Post. He and spouse Kate Padilla have traveled independently to Slovenia, where he recently gained citizenship, the Balkans, Central America, Cuba and Vietnam.