Patty Limerick

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (R) conducts the ceremonial swearing in of Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland as her daughter Somah Haaland holds the Bible in Harris' ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on March 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Haaland becomes the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

抖阴ap: Secretary Deb Haaland is sure to enrage everyone. She should just embrace it.

March 26, 2021 at 1:17 p.m.

The bad news that awaits former New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland: it is guaranteed that almost every action she takes is going to make some people very angry. This, in...

An Alpenglobe outside Telluride restaurant La Marmotte. Patty Limerick considers whether with her vaccination she can return to dining out.

Limerick: How careful is too careful after I’ve had my second COVID-19 vaccine?

March 18, 2021 at 10:55 a.m.

Soon, when I am fully vaccinated, 鈥渂e very careful鈥� will begin to evolve into 鈥渂e a little less careful.鈥� But does that mean going to restaurants, visiting friends, traveling, or...

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: In this screenshot taken from a congress.gov webcast, Minority leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) responds after the Senate voted 57-43 to acquit on the fifth day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. House impeachment managers had argued that Trump was 鈥渟ingularly responsible鈥� for the January 6th attack at the U.S. Capitol and he should be convicted and barred from ever holding public office again. (Photo by congress.gov via Getty Images)

Limerick: Henry Adams predicted one day we’d badly need “safeguards.” McConnell just rejected them.

February 20, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

When the vote to convict former President Donald J. Trump fell short of a two-thirds majority, an impulse to escape the present -- by leaping into the future 鈥� took...

Guest Commentary: How pure patriotism could oust nationalism

January 25, 2021 at 12:10 p.m.

As an alternative to fear, we offer a different vision entirely: we ask our fellow citizens to consider joining us in a preference for patriotism over nationalism.

A pro-trump counter-protester screams at a ...

Limerick: To save America we can’t just knock over the board game of life and go home

November 12, 2020 at 12:25 p.m.

There are reasons to believe that the 2020 presidential election is tearing our nation in two. And there are also reasons to believe that Americans hold the power to refuse...

Noelle Trueheart of New Era Colorado ...

Limerick: Can Americans come together to find that “bright, bright, sunshiny day?”

October 13, 2020 at 3:52 p.m.

Reggae artist Johnny Nash's song "I Can See Clearly Now" may feel like more of a mockery these days than an affirmation of faith. But after this columnist lost her...

Limerick: Search for high moral values at University of Colorado leads to fraternity leader

September 19, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

When these fraternities were called out for their misbehavior, the most forceful reprimand came from 22-year-old Adam Wenzlaff, a business major with an emphasis on finance, a member of Sigma...

Patty Limerick: Clearing the air of respiratory protest

August 14, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.

Once upon a time, people used to assemble in lecture halls and auditoriums to hear a speaker. They would sit unimaginably close to one another, exhaling with abandon into each...

DENVER, CO - AUGUST 17: The Civil War Monument outside the Colorado State Capitol in Denver features a statue of a Civil War cavalryman, dismounted with rifle in hand, seen here August 17, 2017. The monument honors the Colorado soldiers who fought and died in the Civil War. (Photo by Patrick Traylor/The Denver Post)

Limerick: Rectify the inherent failure of monuments

July 13, 2020 at 10:57 a.m.

Recent limitations on access to hair stylists would not have troubled Medusa, the Greek Gorgon whose hair-do was actually a 鈥渟nake-do.鈥� Looking at Medusa was never a pleasure, but gazing...

Limerick: We have made progress since 1968. But, dear Lord, we still have a ways to go.

June 20, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.

If my parents intended to protect me from the harsh realities of American life, space and time conspired to knock the pins out from under their plan.

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