Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

I've started two blogs with Coronavirus stats. By the time I finish, the figures are outdated. Just shows how fast this thing is moving....

I can't remember The Retiree's name. He had worked in my division, Information Services, at Denver's Gates Rubber Company, befor...

If this is Labor Day weekend (and it is) that means that we honor the hard-working people of the world by shopping at the new Wal-Mart that ...

Wyoming Retirement System Director Ruth Ryerson speaks at Friday's town hall meeting sponsored by the Coalition for a Healthy Retireme...

The first time I heard Joe Hill's name was during the 1970 "Woodstock" movie. Joan Baez, at night, fog swirling around, sin...

I work in front of a computer in a temperature-controlled office. It's hard to imagine being injured or killed on the job. But workers...

Wyofile's Kerry Drake wrote another excellent column Dec. 10 about the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC, This time, he wond...

We live in the age of miracles and innovations. I walk around with a device that helps my heart correct arrhythmia -- I got rhythm! I ...

Suzanne Morlock is a socially engaged artist from Wilson, Wyoming. This bucolic Rocky Mountain valley town is a long way from Paterson, ...

This bit of news comes from the Fremont County Democrats: Monday at 8 AMish, Fremont County Democratic Party Chair, Bruce Palmer, will b...

My people are in town for a party. My people are the Celts, descendants of a loose band of European tribes who eventually settled Ireland,...

We shouldn't be surprised when more anti-worker legislation emanates from the Republican-dominated Wyoming State Legislature. It's a...

Good to see Paul Krza return to the op-ed pages. I used to love reading his rabble-rousing columns when he lived and worked in Wyoming. A go...

Poet and labor activist Mark Nowak is coming to Wyoming and wants to hear your stories about work. This comes from the "Working in Wyo...

HB79 looks like another anti-state-employee bill to me. It passed the House while budget talks were going on a topic that always gets the li...

Wondering what Republicans talk about when they have time on their hands? If you're Rep. Tim Stubson, House Majority Whip, an attorney...

Poet and labor activist Mark Nowak in coming to Wyoming: For the much of the past decade, Mark Nowak has been extricating the poetry work...

Today's news from Michigan shows that the Republican war on workers continues unabated. Southern Wyoming once had a strong union prese...

This is about the closest that the Wal-Mart strike got to Wyoming. Photo from Wal-Mart protest in Lakewood, Colo. See more at http://chang...

The Wyoming Retirement System will hold its next town hall meeting in Casper on Wednesday, November 28, 7-8:30 p.m. It will be held in Nich...