Patty Limerick

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, right, ...

Limerick: Introducing two heroes — Kendtrick Castillo and Roger Boisjoly — who need no introduction

June 14, 2019 at 12:10 p.m.

It is crucial to note at the start that these men鈥檚 lives are utterly incomparable. And yet their stories both serve to reawaken us to the heroism in our midst.

Patty Limerick, the renowned University of Colorado at Boulder history professor who also serves as the official 鈥淯niversity Fool,鈥� will put on white face paint and hold court on campus on April 1. Limerick will appear on a 鈥渢hrone鈥� in the University Memorial Center鈥檚 fountain area from 11 a.m. until about 1 p.m.

Limerick: Mark Kennedy needs CU’s “official fool” to speak the truth and offer comic relief. Send me in.

May 17, 2019 at 2:12 p.m.

In medieval tradition and in Shakespeare鈥檚 plays, fools held a great power: the license to speak to the kings without the slightest fear of retaliation. And so, President Mark Kennedy,...

Limerick: Could there be an antidote for human nature and its pettiness?

April 19, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

Years of dysfunction in national politics and governance have left trails of wreckage, crisscrossing our social and cultural landscapes. Meanwhile, many Americans have been stockpiling resentments and memories of injury...

EADS, CO-August, 2013: Residents attend the Eads Main Street Bash aimed at raising money to save the town's theater, August 10, 2013. Like may small towns in eastern Colorado, Eads is struggling to keep its main street alive. Many other store fronts in town are already abandoned. (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Limerick: Small-town discretion an important lesson for us all

March 15, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

鈥淭reat every place as if it were a small town.鈥�

Limerick: Let’s get things rolling like a bus on the Boulder Turnpike in a snowstorm

February 14, 2019 at 12:05 p.m.

On the morning of Monday, January 28, 聽snowfall far exceeded prediction, turning the Denver-Boulder Turnpike into a twenty-seven-mile-long laboratory in social psychology.

Furloughed Housing and Urban Development employee ...

Limerick: This shutdown is beyond bearing

January 21, 2019 at 10:20 a.m.

There is no rhyme or reason, and nothing that could pass for a justifiable goal or an ounce of sense, in the infliction of misery on the 800,000 federal employees...

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Limerick: Here’s a theory: It’s time to reclaim the meaning of some important words

December 14, 2018 at 1:55 p.m.

Fellow citizens, rush to the aid of words in pain. Truth, accuracy, and fact would particularly welcome your help.

Limerick: It’s getting more difficult to maintain my faith in human nature

November 16, 2018 at 11:06 a.m.

When I was seventeen, a kind professor warned me that my optimistic faith in human nature was not going to last.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, (Retired) administers ...

Limerick: Here’s how to reckon with Kavanaugh and #metoo

October 14, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

Misunderstanding often plays a major part in setting off a spiral of injury and resentment, putting crystal-clear, indisputable certainty out of our reach.

Ken Burns, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Lynn Novick speak at PBS' "The Vietnam War" panel at the 2017 Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 15. Burns' 10-part documentary about the Vietnam War debuted Sept. 17.

Celebrating Ken Burn’s brand of history so that the past may live

September 14, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

Once upon a time, a mother took her son to see the Supreme Court in session. The little boy sat patiently as lawyers presented their arguments, and the justices listened...

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