Conspicuous by its absence in your laudatory obituary of Sen. Alan Simpson was any mention of the Wyoming Republican's ...

As a GOP Senator, Alan Simpson attacked Social Security with insults and lies. Why has Washington overlooked his record?

It was the softest of softball questions. The date was Sept. 19, 1987. Judge Robert Bork’s five days of testimony before the ...

Simpson was a tough-as-nails Wyoming senator who often expressed things exactly as he saw them. But he knew when to apply a ...

Wyo., famous for his quick wit and ability to work across the aisle in Congress, died Friday morning. He was 93 years old. He died in Cody, surrounded by family and friends, after struggling to ...

When I learned about former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson’s death at age 93, my encounters with one of the most influential Wyoming ...

The pain and damage are piling up. Will Republicans next raid Social Security and Medicaid to pay for tax cuts?

Alan Simpson was a big fish in the small pond of Wyoming politics who jumped into the big pond of Washington, D.C., and, ...

Former Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, speaks during a news conference, Sept. 12, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington. Simpson has died at age 93. (Evan Vucci/AP) Simpson’s leap to the ...

But for Alan Simpson, I might have been a United States senator. I loved him anyway. I was the 1982 Democratic Party nominee for the Senate. Back then, Democrats had ...