Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Great crowd of concerned citizens at this morning's No Kings Day Rally at the Grenada Bridge in Ormond Beach, Florida. Many, like me, ve...

I was raised Catholic and spent my formative years at mass and in catechism when not attending Catholic School. I'm a recipient of most ...

Didn't know anything about Jackie Summers until I read his "Field Notes for Cracking an Empire" on a Facebook repost. Common-...

I look to poetry to ease the pain I feel at the ransacking of my country's democratic principles -- and the destruction of our White Hou...

  New sculpture on National Mall in D.C. This is the kind of public art we want to see. 

 

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...

Antiwar protests on college campuses are in the news and it’s no longer 1970. In the spring of 2024, young people are objecting to Israel’s ...

Letter I sent to Wyoming U.S. Senators  Barrasso and Enzi: We are lucky here in Wyoming that we have easy access to voting and competent cou...

I watched Frank Capra's "Meet John Doe" Friday night on Turner Classic Movies. I've seen it before but not in the Trump er...

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...

The Wyoming governor updates us regularly on the coronavirus pandemic. A good thing, since he's come under fire for both not issuing a m...

"Did you say that President Trump wrote a book?" The questions came from a middle-aged African-American staffer in the Martin Lu...

In February, when Trump announced plans for his grandiose Fourth of July celebration, conservative commentator Bill Kristol responded on Twi...

This Saturday, thousands of young people will stage the March for Our Lives anti-gun violence rally in Washington, D.C. Expecting huge crowd...

It seems that arts education can be a wonderful asset in standing up to bullies. That was on display last week at the CNN town hall meetin...

Our young people feel betrayed. Youngsters are getting murdered at a sickening rate. After the Florida high school attack, survivors are...

A Thomas Nast cartoon in Harper's Weekly depicts ape-like Irishmen beating up police on St. Patrick's Day 1867.   Great read fr...

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