Patty Limerick

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on June 20, 2020 By Patty Limerick 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. Since my parents both worked,...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on May 18, 2020 By Patty Limerick In my butterfly days, I said exactly what I was thinking at the very instant that I thought it. This custom gave me a great deal of pleasure, as well as a...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on April 17, 2020 By Patty Limerick “Normal it will not be,” 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 the post-pandemic...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on November 19, 2019 By Patty Limerick Let’s say that an author has written a pronouncement that is universally quoted in support of the cause that matters the most to you. Should you respond by calling attention to the...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on October 25, 2019 By Patty Limerick Andrew Harnik, The Associated Press. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, on Facebook’s impact on the financial...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on Sept. 12, 2019 By Patty Limerick Experience has acquainted thousands of Americans with a disturbing trend: Identity theft is a rampant crime. But here is a trend of equal concern: Words, phrases, and terms are having an even...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on March 15, 2019 By Patty Limerick “Treat every place as if it were a small town.” This advice comes from Kate Klonick, a professor who teaches courses in information privacy at St. Johns University. She crafted that sentence...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on January 21, 2019 By Patty Limerick Michael Ciaglo, Special to the Denver Post. Furloughed Housing and Urban Development employee Cheryl Cozad chants as she and others protest the federal government shutdown at the US Custom House on Thursday,...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on November 16, 2018 By Patty Limerick When I was seventeen, a kind professor warned me that my optimistic faith in human nature was not going to last. A half century later, I am still trying to decide if...

Original article can be found at The Denver Post Originally published on October 14, 2018 By Patty Limerick Here is the mantra of consolation and reassurance I have been reciting to myself for years: “After this most recent episode of bitter and unresolved conflict, the polarization of the American people...