Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

It began with a June 19 Facebook post by artist Linda Anne Lopez of Winchester, Virginia. Linda and I met several times over the years. She...

I participate in the Historical Fiction Book Lovers site on Facebook. I have discovered some real gems set in the 1920s suggested by members...

Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia may be running for president in 2016 -- but who isn't? Hanging out with a Virginia Democrat will be a darn ...

Nate Cohn at The New Republic doesn't think that Wyoming deserves two U.S. Senators. And not just because Liz Cheney is running for ...

Wisconsin's Russ Feingold As we waited for Howard Dean and Russ Feingold, Pamela and I talked about Catholicism. She grew up Cathol...

Nancy Sindelar of Laramie's Veterans for Peace was at the action in D.C. and Quantico this weekend and asked me to post some of her phot...

This great quote comes from the blogs RK and Anonymous is A Woman in Virginia, and is a reference to Republican slams against community org...

Last week, poetry and prose were sources of healing at Virginia Tech. Nikki Giovanni, Lucinda Roy, Edward Falco – these writers in the schoo...

This week in Sojourners , Jim Wallis talked about the Virginia Tech shootings in his "Hearts & Minds" column. The headline, ...