Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

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

Donald Trump was elected president a year ago. With our fellow Dems on Nov. 8, 2016, Chris and I watched the results come in, first with e...

Democratic Women's Suffrage Celebration November 13, 2016 2-4 p.m. ~ Laramie County Library Cottonwood Room Cheyenne, WY The Lar...

I just finished eating all of the leftover Halloween candy so had the energy to read the Wyoming Election Code, all 343 pages. Actually I s...

Many people in Wyoming have already voted. I'm not one of them, as I'm an election day voter kind of guy. Not sure why really. Voti...

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...

I was wondering when someone was going to make the link between Wyoming's official "Code of the West" and the rise of corporat...

From Coffee Party USA :  On Friday Jan. 20, the Coffee Party is joining  Move to Amend   and democracy advocates across the U.S. to ho...

Occupy Cheyenne finished drafting its declaration today. Much work went into it -- and lots of coffee and homemade goodies. Read it at  ht...

The Morris House Bistro in Cheyenne is conducting the “Gumbo for Gifts” fund-raiser for two good causes on Saturday, Nov. 26, beginning at ...

Typical Cheyenne volunteers In my previous post, I was a bit unfair to both  AARP The Magazine  and Cheyenne The City. Cheyenne is a grea...

2008 seems so long ago... The first post on this blog to carry the label "Obama" was on Feb. 6, 2008, "March 8 Dem Caucus ...

An amazing documentary. My wife and I saw it on WY Public TV several weeks ago. Donate to Truthout and get a fee copy. 

Great article on the Equality State Policy Center blog by Barb Rea about the May 9-10 Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Labor, Health and Socia...

It was standing room only at the Plains Hotel's Little Cottonwood Room as Democrats gathered the day after Easter to listen to a local p...

I'm going to miss this and am not happy about it. The first "Drinking Liberally" event in Cheyenne will be on Thursday, March ...

I'm not the only one who's noticed that the Wyoming Legislature has gone crazy this year. Lander journalist and one-time Republica...

At least three bills targeting the U.S. Affordable Health Care Act are on the Wyoming Legislature's docket. The Legislature gets down t...

Jim Hightower offers ideas on SPECIAL GIFTS FOR IMPORTANT PEOPLE The Christmas spirit is alive and well with my favorite liberal populist ...

Know your state legislature. A good phrase to keep in mind as we face a new batch of legislators and a Republican-dominated government in ...