Is it time for bold action in the Cowboy State?

Even though the idea of Wyoming spending a billion dollars on a gigantic swath of land had some of us scratching our heads about one year ago – well, at least you had to give the project (and Govenor Mark Gordon) high marks for bold imagination.

That deal went away when a company outbid Wyoming.

But thinking back about that, it makes me wonder if Wyoming should be just a little brash. Be a little bold. Just a bit?

Our leaders sometimes act like the proverbial guy who was up to his waist in alligators and forgot all about draining the swamp.

We are so consumed with worries about our faltering e...