Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

I remember how careful we were during the first weeks of the Covid-19 plague. We got our groceries delivered, left on the porch or (if snowi...

All this book-banning makes me think of all of those books I read that might meet disapproval now from the GOP Know Nothings.  When I was in...

The American Library Association wrapped up Banned Books Week and now there are no banned books in the land. Wishful thinking. Know Not...

The most distressing news to come out of the Parkland, Fla., high school massacre is that President Trump is now going to pay attention to m...

A Thomas Nast cartoon in Harper's Weekly depicts ape-like Irishmen beating up police on St. Patrick's Day 1867.   Great read fr...

Driftglass blogged about the Trump and Roy Moore connection yesterday (and cross-posted by Meteor Blades on Daily Kos). An excerpt: Dona...

Novelist Margaret Coel will be replacing Lynne Cheney as the featured speaker at the Booklovers' Bash on Oct. 20 in Cheyenne. The even...

A letter writer to the local paper this week used the tired old trope "love it or leave it" in regards to Cheyenne newcomers advoc...

The RedState Gathering in Atlanta is getting big news today. RedState guru Erick Erickson "disinvited" Donald Trump to this confab...

Promoting the brand at Cheyenne's Superday. When asked to describe Cheyenne's Superday, I sometimes say, "It's like Den...

Great to see that Amy Surdam has been named the new executive director of the Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority/Main Street . The orga...

Fiction must be very dangerous. Why else would parents and school officials be trying to censor Huckleberry Finn , The Scarlet Letter, an...

Democratic Party Gubernatorial candidate Pete Gosar was bemused by Gov. Mead's announcement of the selection of a panel to improve scie...

I was pleased to see 40-some people last night at Music & Poetry at Metro Coffee Company in downtown Casper. They had so many other ch...

The Wyoming Democratic Party is fighting back in a timely manner, which I appreciate. We are outnumbered by Republicans. That is true and ...

Half-awake on a January morning, I hear a lawnmower and think of summer. Then I'm fully awake and realize that my neighbor is clearing t...

Refreshing to have a Wyoming gubernatorial candidate who actually believes in science and modern science education. In case you haven...

WyPols had a nice summation of this week's hearings regarding the teaching of science standards in our schools. It once again brings up...

Article in yesterday's  Casper Star-Trib lamented the fact that all three of the announced  Republican candidates for governor are from...

Can you be an urban guy in a rural state? Sure. Urban centers exist even in the West's open spaces. Denver is the town that Colorado...