Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

For decades, I kept a copy of “Fiskadoro” by Denis Johnson. I liked the idea of the book more than the book itself. It was an early post-ap...

Some things that irked and/or entertained me this past week: The state legislature is in session. Opening day included the Gov's Stat...

Saw this call for entries on the Facebook page of author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams . Terry divides her time among U...

Yesterday, Cheyenne writer Karen Cotton's blog featured a Q&A with best-selling writer C.J. Box that included news about the upc...

Indie  journalist Arun Gupta has been traveling the country with videographer Michele Fawcett interviewing Occupy protesters and attending...

Jake Nichols reports about two separate incidents at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) nuke facility across the border in Idaho. Read all ...

Posted yesterday by nonnyidaho at Daily Kos was this intriguing piece about a new artistic movement taking root in eastern Idaho and northe...

"Ganesha" by sculptor Rick Davis. Kathy Plonka photo. The Spokesman-Review .  Today’s Wyoming Tribune-Eagle’s religion sectio...

"Wolves Flying Jets" is a song by Greenhorse. Are these predator wolves or trophy wolves? And can they be hunted while flying jets...

Atlantic City Mercantile, Dark Horse Books and 7D Dude Ranch all part of the National Geographic's Yellowstone Region Geotourism Map at ...

Mcjoan (Joan McCarter), Idaho native and one of the Big Kahuna Kossacks at Daily Kos, can take a complicated subject and make it sensible. S...

This sounds like a promising trend for the region. Ben Cannon wrote this for Planet Jackson Hole : The Greater Yellowstone Geotourism Center...

Digby recounts a Chris Matthews interview with Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour talking about how Mississippi has all the answers to ou...

"The pursuit of the big sky and the attitude of 'Don't fence me in' may be one of the reasons why Idaho leads the nation in...

Nathaniel Hoffman waded into a horde of 9/12 teabaggers in a Boise park and found that "Tea Party inspired by racial fears." Read ...

I live in the libertarian-minded Rocky Mountain West. I'm a resident of Wyoming, the second-most conservative state in the nation. Utah ...

New credit card bill passed 90-5 today in the U.S. Senate. It includes some much-needed restrictions on credit card companies. Anne Flaherty...

Any publication that features an introduction by a mystery writer demands my attention. That's why I perked up when I saw the new "...

Julie Fanselow started Idaho's Red State Rebels blog in 2003, way before most of us knew what a blog was. It's a great site, and I ...