Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

How do I tell my grown-ass children about the life and times of JFK? How I was nine when he was elected and 13 when he was assassinated? Tha...

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...

Election day is Tuesday. I will vote and keep my eyes open for those who would try to prevent it. As an election judge and poll watcher, I n...

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...

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 ...

As I watched President Obama's speech Wednesday night, I thought back to that late-August night in 2008 when he made his acceptance spee...

OK Boomer! It's a thing now, a quick retort by members of a younger generation when a Baby Boomer rambles on about the good ol' da...

These are the times that try men's and women's souls, especially if they have souls. From a press release:  Greetings Fellow De...

Wyoming Sen./Dr. John Barrasso is a hyper-partisan ass-kisser. We see him looming behind Mitch McConnell every time the Senate Majority Le...

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

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...

Tuesday's primary election yielded some surprises. First, and most disappointing, is that I was upset in my pursuit of precinct 2-7 co...

Welcome to July. Fourth of July fireworks. Camping in the Rockies. Lazing around thinking about what to write. It's also primary se...

Some of you may be wondering what hummingbirdminds thinks of the current election cycle. OK, maybe you don't, but hummingbirdminds is ...

This invitation comes from the Laramie County Democrats Grassroots Coalition: Greetings fellow Democrats.  If you were unhappy with the ...

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...

The Casper Star-Tribune reported this last night: A political group representing Wyoming teachers announced Monday it has withdrawn supp...