Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) in 2011. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) To the editor: Conspicuous by its absence in ...

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 U.S.

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political acrimony, has died. He was 93. Simpson died early Friday after struggling ...

To the editor: Conspicuous by its absence in your laudatory obituary of Sen. Alan Simpson was any mention of the Wyoming Republican’s despicable slandering of law professor Anita Hill during the ...