Patty Limerick

Limerick: Time to Marie Kondo more than just your house, aim at those habits of mind

May 18, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.

If trained and prepared for this rough sport, historians emerge as the essential workers who help people, who are trapped by their traditions and assumptions, to reduce the clutter of...

Alfina Schicker takes a solitary walk ...

Limerick: Join my Task Force on the Future Well-Being of the Nation

April 27, 2020 at 10:19 a.m.

鈥淣ormal it will not be,鈥� California Governor Gavin Newsom said this week, giving us an unexpected opportunity to hear what Yoda would say if asked to share his vision of...

Limerick: Lessons from my viral confinement nearly two decades ago

March 24, 2020 at 1:28 p.m.

The time I spent in the company of the varicella-zoster virus now resembles a 鈥減re-enactment鈥� of global circumstances in March of 2020.

US President Donald Trump delivers the ...

Limerick: Trump drains the history of the American West of dignity and meaning

February 14, 2020 at 10:23 a.m.

In his recent State of the Union speech, Donald Trump did me a favor. Thanks to the president and his speechwriters, my long-awaited occasion--to speak out in defense of the...

Drivers ride their cars along a highway during sunset in Johannesburg on June 17, 2010 during the South Africa 2010 World Cup. AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER / AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP via Getty Images)

Limerick: Let us now praise famous memes

February 18, 2020 at 4:58 p.m.

The phrase 鈥極K boomer鈥� is an inter-generational olive branch, with a well-honed point that permits it to double as a sharp stick. This lively meme serves as a goodhearted invitation.

National Security Council aide Lt. Col. ...

Limerick: Fulfilling my oath as I depart the National Council on the Humanities

December 6, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

I am the Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of an organization called the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado, where the word 鈥渃enter鈥� has...

Limerick: The history we are blessed to repeat

November 19, 2019 at 2:40 p.m.

Let抖阴ap say that an author has written a pronouncement which is universally quoted in support of the cause that matters the most to you.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before ...

Limerick: Zuckerberg stands at the great frontier; Western history should guide him

October 29, 2019 at 11:29 a.m.

In a recent speech at Georgetown University, Facebook鈥檚 Mark Zuckerberg surprised the world with his cry for help.

Republican presidential candidates John Kasich, Jeb ...

Limerick: Defending words from identity theft

September 12, 2019 at 4:51 p.m.

Experience has acquainted thousands of Americans with a disturbing trend: Identity theft is a rampant crime.

Limerick: We yearn to help after human tragedies, and there is a way

August 16, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

Nearly fifteen years ago, a tragic turn of events brought a spirit-lifting law of human nature to my attention.

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