Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

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...

Here are two GOP senators from Wyoming who don't have a clue about what people are facing out here. I sent them a plea to pass the HEROE...

The Trump Chump Chicken was the centerpiece of the Tax March rally today in Cheyenne. The building in the right background is IRS HQ. Some...

On Saturday, April 15, concerned citizens will gather in Cheyenne to protest Trump's refusal to release his tax returns. It's Tax Da...

It's snowing. April comes in like a lion... Those cruel bastards that make up the Republican Party will get more wake-up calls in Apr...

Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post's "The Fix" political blog likes to make lists. In August 2011, hummingbirdminds was n...

Columbian Mammoth cast at new welcome center Chris and I took a Saturday afternoon drive out to the new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center...

GOP lawmakers want out of Grover Norquist no-tax pledge , according to TheHill.com Rep. Cynthia Lummis may be one of them. She was quoted ...

But he is in my head! From the Casper Star-Tribune : U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., joined dozens of federal lawmakers from both parti...

Wyoming's coal industry giants taxed unfairly? Give me a break. They own our state legislators, guys like Republican Rep. Pat Childe...

Cheyenne Frontier Days AARP The Magazine   has named Cheyenne one of the ten most livable cities in the U.S. This could be seen as a co...

Congressional Republicans ponder the "Repeal Amendment" while waiting for their meds  O.K.. "looniness" isn't a w...

Tea Party Slim is back from his travels and looking forward to the big June 15 Cheyenne T.E.A. Party Movement rally in front of the State Ca...

I'm just finishing up my taxes. I have to pay this year. The payment would be a lot bigger if it wasn't for the Making Work Pay dedu...

The Tea Party’s Tax Day protests are just around the corner on April 15. It may be a coincidence, but I’ve been reading a lot of wingnut pos...

Letter from Wyo. Rep. Cynthia Lummis, with her comments in red and mine in blue: Dear Michael: Thank you for contacting me regarding healthc...

Latest local issue is whether rural residents, those people who moved to unincorporated Laramie County so they wouldn't have to pay for ...

This evening I attended the open house at my daughter Annie's high school, Cheyenne Central. The wily administrators schedule the event ...

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal held a press conference yesterday and addressed issues relating to state government budget cuts, trans-bas...