Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Update 4/10/25: "Hands Off" was the official term for the April 5 protests. Sorry I forgot to mention it. Perfect label for a resp...

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...

Here’s how I used to think about World War 2. It was our father’s and mother’s war. My father joined up early in ’42 and served as a radioma...

I just received a copy of Ken Waldman's "Trump Sonnets, Volume 8: The Final Four Months." This is good news/good news. Another...

An e-mail I sent to Sen. Barrasso this morning. I sent one to Sen. Lummis with slightly different wording: Dear Sen. Barrasso: I hope you ...

 The op-ed in Sunday's Wyoming Tribune-Eagle had a lot to say about the State Legislature's priorities during this time of big budg...

I feel almost giddy as this week spells the end of Trump in the White House and a new president installed. A new day for Washington, D.C., a...

We witnessed a coup attempt Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol Building. Trump and his goons incited other goons to storm the Capitol and disrupt...

Happy New Year. We are glad to say goodbye to 2020, the Year of the Pandemic. It also was the year that a majority of voters and Electoral C...

On Saturday morning, Nov. 7, we learned that Joe Biden was our new president and Kamala Harris was our new vice president. I was elated. Chr...

As of 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, we don't yet know the result of the presidential election. We do, however, know the result of Ken Wa...

Wyoming has seen a huge Covid-19 upsurge in recent weeks. Wyo shows up regularly in the New York Times pandemic tracker. It shows those sta...

We vote on Tuesday, Nov. 3. I should say that you will vote that day, if you are one of those people who likes to vote on election day. So ...

Just 16 days to the most important election of my time.  My voting timeline stretches back to 1972 -- 48 years. In 1972 in Boston, I cast my...

Smoke on the water  Fire in the sky  Thought about those Deep Purple lyrics yesterday evening as I surveyed the pall of gray-brown smoke lur...

I’ve read several articles about the typical Trump supporter’s frame of mind. As is the case with us Trumpbusters (We ain’t 'fraid of no...

The Covid-19 death counts recorded by the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Tracker shows the U.S. leading the world with 6.26 million cases and 188...

A viral plague kills thousands and forces millions to hunker down at home and practice social distancing when out in public. Black America...

Last night it appeared that the country was coming unglued. I'm not talking about the pandemic or massive unemployment or peaceful dem...

Listening to "Dear Prudence" on WPR's Throwback Thursday. Song from the Beatles White Album. Not sure if I bought the White Al...