Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Words are sacred. Most writers agree with that. We use words to convey our deepest feelings. We also entertain and communicate with words,...

"Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation, fluoridation of water? Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously co...

Baltimore's H.L. Mencken may have been the most quotable of newspaper reporters. Some comments are crass and insensitive. Others dug dee...

Update from an old friend and reader of blogs:  "There is a peaceful rally on Saturday, 3/22, at the west side of the Granada Bridge to...

I'm a life-long Democrat who has voted against Liz Cheney and for her. And, yes, I was a Wyoming resident at the time. I voted against h...

The Sunday Outlook section in the March 2 News-Journal included an editorial by the USA Today Network-Florida Opinion Group. Header: "S...

I watched "All the President's Men" on TCM Monday night, and not for the first time. A fantastic political thriller in which t...

When I moved away from Daytona Beach, Florida, the beachside still had sand dunes and you could drive the entire World's Most Famous Bea...

I received the following email from President Biden or someone on his staff and signed by Joe. It was in response to a thank you email I wro...

I got some very good news last week. An email was tagged: “Your student loans have been forgiven.” First I thought it was fake and then I ch...

The following appeared on the Facebook page for Republican Megan Degenfelder for WY State Superintendent of Public Instruction: It’s no wo...

Susan Stubson of Casper has been writing Wyoming-based op-ed columns for many years. Most have to do with her family and her husband Tim who...

It’s mid-April and we’re experiencing our usual schizoid mix of warm days in the 70s interrupted by bursts of snow and cold. Humans are conf...

  Something to think about as we face this important midterm election on Nov. 8. A Republican takeover of Congress dooms our democratic repu...

The Wyoming primary elections have come and gone. Rep. Liz Cheney lost to Harriet Hageman who likely will be the next lone House member from...

I've never read a book's first chapter and skipped to the last one. You miss all of the delectable middle parts, the intrigue and hu...

Saturday morning round-up Watched the first hearing Thursday night of the Jan. 6 Insurrection Committee. Compelling television. I'm not ...

A new year brings new challenges, such as how are we going to save our republic from the Trump Cult and The Big Lie? Voting is a good start....

The state legislature continues its in-person, maskless session at the Capitol Building. As a group, they are a tempting target for criticis...

NPR just posted this news. It bears reposting: The Senate approved President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan Saturday, sec...