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Patty Limerick

Former gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis gives a lecture called "Educating Texas: Complex Challenges-New Perspectives" at the Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center on April 21 in Midland, Texas. A successful lecture rests on a wondrous, face-to-face, real-time social contract between speaker and audience. (AP file)

Limerick: Are lectures losing their grip?

April 24, 2016 at 7:51 a.m.

Limerick: Are lectures losing their grip?

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Limerick: Campaign bloviation reform

April 17, 2015 at 5:32 a.m.

Limerick: Campaign bloviation reform

Passengers board an RTD bus in Boulder. (Helen H. Richardson, Denver Post file)

Limerick: Riding express bus from Denver to Boulder provides true convenience

April 25, 2016 at 11:07 a.m.

Limerick: Riding express bus from Denver to Boulder provides true convenience

A cyclist rides through the icy streets of Boulder on Jan. 6. (Paul Aiken, Daily Camera)

Limerick: How ice concentrates the mind

April 24, 2016 at 3:18 p.m.

Limerick: How ice concentrates the mind

Patty Limerick, left, listens as Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks about fracking on May 2, 2014, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. (Jeremy Papasso, Daily Camera file)

Limerick: The complicated history of extraction in Colorado

April 25, 2016 at 11:30 p.m.

Limerick: The complicated history of extraction in Colorado

Demonstrators march along the Magnificent Mile shopping district on Michigan Avenue to protest police abuse last week in Chicago. The protests was one of many staged nationwide in response to grand juries' failure to indict police officers involved in the the deaths of Michal Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in New York. (Scott Olson, Getty Images)

Limerick: Looking beyond the race and the riot gear

April 25, 2016 at 9:32 p.m.

Limerick: Looking beyond the race and the riot gear

Colorado scored high, with a voter turnout registering a little over 50 percent. But nationally, the turnout for a midterm election hit its lowest point since 1942. (Marc Piscotty, Getty Images)

Limerick: How can we get more of the electorate voting?

April 26, 2016 at 4:43 p.m.

Limerick: How can we get more of the electorate voting?

Students, teachers, and parents from both Jefferson County and Douglas County join an event dubbed "Boots on the Boulevard" to protest against the Jefferson County school board in Littleton. (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post)

Limerick: Let’s meet, talk about history

April 26, 2016 at 3:21 p.m.

Limerick: Let's meet, talk about history

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Limerick: Armchair quarterbacks of the world, unite

April 27, 2016 at 5:32 a.m.

Limerick: Armchair quarterbacks of the world, unite

"For many years," writes Patty Limerick, "my respect for the power of a robust sense of humor was so strong that I believed it was the preventative for suicide. As Robin Williams' passing has reconfirmed, that belief fully qualifies for designation as wishful thinking." (AP file photo)

Limerick: Humor, sorrow and Robin Williams’ suicide

April 26, 2016 at 11:48 p.m.

Limerick: Humor, sorrow and Robin Williams' suicide