Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

A. Friend (not a real name) told me that she and her husband are traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to see the National Museum of Afri...

It's an "age" thing. In September 2016, just weeks before Trump's election, writer Chris Ladd in Forbes foretold the f...

Broadside published by University of Minnesota Press, 2018.  I received a broadside in the mail this week. A broadside is a printed shee...

1916 cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman, via National Archive Berryman collection. Not sure if the Uncle Sam of 2018 can jump the massive wal...

My wife, Chris Shay, shows off her Women's March T-shirt. I just finished reading thoughtful columns by two male residents of Wyomin...

Official logo of the March for Science Wyoming, set for Laramie on April 22. T-shirts are for sale with this design. All of the proceeds g...

This comes from a press release: Culture Fest sponsored by Cheyenne Regional Medical Center The first Culture Fest Promoting Health and ...

I watched the entire Super Bowl, from its hope-filled opening to its bitter end. I saw an hour of the pre-game show but didn't watch the...

Me: We had 5 million people in Cheyenne yesterday for the Wyoming Women's March. Other person: No you you didn't. Me: Yes we did. ...

"Wow, so disappointed in America right now." That was my daughter Annie's reaction this morning on Facebook. I said simila...

When I left the dog-eat-dog arena of corporate America in 1988 for the ivy-covered halls of academe, I imagined a long life of teaching and...

A letter writer to the local paper this week used the tired old trope "love it or leave it" in regards to Cheyenne newcomers advoc...

One of the highlights of Gov. Matt Mead’s State of the State speech on Jan. 13 was his proposed initiative called Wyoming Grown. It was pro...

The first book I read by Mark Kurlansky was called "Salt: A World History." I picked up a paperback copy when it came out in 200...

The weekend's summit meeting in Casper between the NAACP and the KKK is kicking up a fuss. The Independent in the UK gave it big pla...

As a human, a writer and a card-carrying member of the NAACP, I find this story fascinating: John Abarr of the Ku Klux Klan (Klans of Americ...

Shylock, Portia, Antonio and the crew from the Wyoming Shakespeare Festival Company come to Cheyenne Saturday for a production of "The ...

I don't often recommend restaurants. That may be because I don't often go to restaurants. I eat at home most of the time. I cook, wh...

Word comes from south of the border that a group of Colorado counties wants to secede. The effort is being led by commissioners in Weld Coun...

I can't speak for the rest of Surfer Patrol, but Patrol Leader Mike Shay says it's OK with him if openly Gay Boy Scouts are allowed ...