Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Big news from the Brookings Institution: Baby Boomers are in each other’s faces – again. According to a Brookings report: “The primary po...

This summer, we're going to party like it's 1890. Doesn't it always seem like 1890 around here, especially when the legislatur...

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

Cheyenne is 15 years behind Billings. It's playing catch-up with Loveland. At least we're in good company. On Wednesday evenin...

The Wyoming State Legislature is obsessed with guns. Guns in the classroom. Guns at public meetings. Silencers on hunting weapons.  And ...

Tea Party Slim and I sip coffee and talk about progress. “I don't want to see Cheyenne get any bigger,” he says. “It will lose its ...

Wyoming's state parks and historic sites are treasures. This year, they mark their 75th anniversary. Lots of time and effort has gone in...

The U.S. Senate today failed to ratify a U.N. treaty that would codify the rights of the disabled. Tea Party Republicans led the opposition,...

I let a few weeks pass before bringing up the election. "I don't want to talk about it," said Tea Party Slim. "I unde...

The need is huge for effective mental health and substance abuse programs in Wyoming. The Wyoming Department of Health has been on the foref...

Clueless in Montana (from the Button Valley Bugle )

Tea Party Slim is hopping mad about Agenda 21. "What is that?" I asked Slim as we sipped our coffee at the downtown Starbucks. ...

  From a UW press release: Tim Wise , anti-racist essayist, author and educator, is the keynote speaker Wednesday, March 28, for the U...

Face it, Tea Party Slim has the best of both worlds. He spends his winters in Arizona and summers in Wyoming. "I should call you Snow...

The Wyoming Senate, showing more sense and sensitivity that the Wyoming House, defeated a bill yesterday that would have mandated drug tests...

Some of Montana's Republican legislators are even crazier than the ones we have in Wyoming (from Montana Cowgirl ): One of America’s...

Know Nothings in the Wyoming House want to turn back the clock on women’s health with its Joint Resolution No. HJ7, "Resolution-consci...

Wyoming House passes the punish the poor bill: The Wyoming House of Representatives approved a bill that would require some state welfare...

Drat! And it was such a juicy blogging topic: The Wyoming House of Representatives on Monday advanced legislation to launch a study into ...

Wyoming can't afford to fully fund its Health Department or rebuild its roads. But House Republicans want to spend thousands of dollar...