Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Feb. 17. 2026 TO:              University of Florida Annual Giving Program FROM:         Michael T. Shay RE:              Gator Nation...

I got some very good news last week. An email was tagged: “Your student loans have been forgiven.” First I thought it was fake and then I ch...

Watched the last episode of "The Chair" this week. I laughed, I cried. Various faculty and administrators and students pissed me o...

"This job stinks," I complained to Ronnie. He looked at me over a pile of dirty laundry. Smoke from a Marlboro wreathed his fa...

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...

It seems as if I've read hundreds of critiques about M.F.A. writing programs over the years. They usually fall into two camps. No. 1: I...

Kudos to those Jefferson County, Colorado, students who staged a walkout this week to protest to new conservative school board's attempt...

What secrets will I be sharing with student writers at Western Wyoming College on Feb. 7? It's a secret. Don't want to ruin the su...

College students can get four credit hours and a semester's worth of learning progressive politics from the inside by applying to be an ...

My wife Chris and I raised two kids with special needs. Our son was diagnosed at five with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ...

My two children had excellent music teachers in the Cheyenne schools. My daughter Annie was so smitten with music that she's now a vocal...

Democrats will have no problem with this one...

The Laramie County Community College music ensembles will perform a "Holiday Gala" on Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30-8:30 p...

The Wyoming Public Employees Association (WPEA) , the union that represents Wyoming's public servants, has endorsed a slate of candidate...

Florida's Gov. Rick Scott and his hand-picked education commission want to charge creatives more college tuition than science and math m...

Chris and I attended the "American Tapestry" concert this afternoon at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Cheyenne. Our daughter w...

Author Pat Conroy has witnessed his books being challenged and banned  all over the country. Read a letter he wrote to the editor of the  ...

Sometimes you have to depend on a city's alternative press to get the story behind the story. From Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's RNC...

Jeff Tish is a freelance theatre scenic designer from Cheyenne. He sends this news about a new non-profit organization dedicated to the per...

Here are some points to ponder about children’s mental health. As a parent of children with mental health challenges, and as an adult who...