Henrietta has been active in politics most of her life.
At one time a Republican, she was affected by the turmoil of the
sixties along with her young friends.
1991
The First American Gulf War(January 17, 1991)
Freedom of Speech For All (June 17, 1991)
Will Anyone Take Responsibility? (August 9, 1991)
1992
Humor vs. Television and Politics (May 8, 1992)
Murphy Brown Causes Trouble? (May 22, 1992)
Candidates' Private Lives? (July 10, 1992)
Family Values (August 10, 1992)
Psst. This column isn't really about raisins...(September 4, 1992)
Banned Book Week (Septemer 20, 1992)
History Day (October 12, 1992)
Election '92 (November 13, 1992)
1993
Citizenship (July 20, 1993)
Talk Radio (November 23, 1993)
How to Represent a "Community" (November 30, 1993)
1994
Help Wanted: President, University of Colorado (November 30, 1993)
On Censorship (March 8, 1994)
Boycotts!! (May 10, 1994)
The Colorado Lege (May 17, 1994)
Charles Dickens and Talk Radio (September 6, 1994)
Politics and Humor (November 8, 1994)
Letter to President Clinton (November 29, 1994)
1995
Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (January 10, 1995)
Censorship (February 21, 1995)
...and to the Republic for which it stands...(June 27, 1995)
Censorship (continued) (September 26, 1995)
The SECOND Hundred Days ... (November 7, 1995)
1996
Year-end Mail (January 3, 1996)
Cohesion Based on Mutual Respect(January 9, 1996)
Political Ignorance (February 27, 1996)
A (Fictional?) Presidential Campaign (March 26, 1996)
This Year for the Colorado Lege (May 14 1996)
For Government... (June 4 1996)
Gene Nichol Doesn't Get It (July 30, 1996)
Banned Books Week (September 27, 1996)
Drawing the Line on Sexual Harrassment (October 11, 1996)
Children's Rights (October 18, 1996)
The '96 Election (October 25, 1996)
Me? A Liberal? Actually, yes. (November 15, 1996)
1997
Tony Hillerman' Books and Schindler's List: Banned?!? (March 14, 1997)
This Year For The Colorado Legislature (May 23, 1997)
Patriotism in a Diverse Country (July 11, 1997)
Boycott Disney? (July 18, 1997)
Fighting Censorhip -- The Struggle Continues in 1997 (September 26, 1997)
1998
1997: The Year in Review (January 2, 1998)
The Lege Has Gone Home (May 22, 1998)
Henrietta Draws the Line -- Sort Of (June 5, 1998)
Politics and Religion (August 14, 1998)
Ok, So I'm Finally Doing a Lewinsky Column . . . (September 18, 1998)
On Banning Books (September 25, 1998)
Two Very Bad Amendments (October 30, 1998)
The Morning After . . . (November 6, 1998)
Is There a War to End Wars?(November 20, 1998)
On the ACLU(December 4, 1998)
1999
Henrietta Gets Letters ... (January 1, 1999)
The Senate and a Woman President (January 15, 1999)
About Libraries and Camels (March 5, 1999)
Choosing Your Doctor (March 26, 1999, after September 14, 1993)
Colorado Legislature 99 (May 13, 1999)
Birth Control: Once a Secret; Now an Option (May 21, 1999)
Governer Owens vs. Libraries (May 21, 1999)
Congress: The God Squad (July 2, 1999)
Hillary (July 16, 1999)
Governer Owens Chooses Uplanned Parenthood (August 20, 1999)
Banned Books Week - 1999 (September 17, 1999)
2000
My Political Family (January 6, 2000)
We Get Letters! (January 21, 2000)
School and Sunday School - Two Different Things (February 11, 2000)
A Test of "Family Values" (May 5, 2000)
The Lege Comes Through?(May 12, 2000)
A Private Prayer . . . (July 7, 2000)
Amendment 21: Kill County Government (September 1, 2000)
On Censorship, the 2000 Version (September 22, 2000)
Election 2000 (October 20, 2000)
Politics and Elds (November 3, 2000)
President ???? (November 10, 2000)
Books and Privacy (December 1, 2000)
Wintergreen for President! (December 8, 2000)
2001
Yet Another One! (January 19, 2001)
On Helping Charities (February 9, 2001)
City Hall and the Ten Commandments (March 23, 2001)
The Most Ridiculous Piece of Legislation We Were Spared (May 18, 2001)
Colorado Attitudes in the 1920's (June 1, 2001)
Slip, Slidin' Away (June 15, 2001)
The ACLU (July 20, 2001)
The Check's in the Mail (August 3, 2001)
Not Forgetting the Bill of Rights(October 5, 2001)
Harry Potter is Controversial? (November 23, 2001)
Women and Afghanistan (December 7, 2001)
2002
Some Victories (May 3, 2002)
Our Legislature (May 17, 2002)
Politics and Religion (July 12, 2002)
Rembering our Freedoms (September 13, 2002)
Molly Ivins Comes to Town (October 4, 2002)
Learning About Politics (October 18, 2002)
Politics! (November 8, 2002)
Liberal Pain (November 15, 2002)
Women and Politics (December 6, 2002)
2003
Henrietta's Got Mail (January 3, 2003)
The USA Patriot Act is not Patriotism (March 7, 2003)
Talk Radio (April 4, 2003)
The War to End War -- Not Yet (May 2, 2003)
Lege 2003 (May 16, 2003)
The Last Two Weeks (June 13, 2003)
Politics and Morning Coffee (July 18, 2003)
Patriotism and the Pledge of Allegiance (August 15, 2003)
The California Election (August 22, 2003)
Church and State (September 12, 2003)
The Politics of Higher Education (September 19, 2003)
Election 2003 (November 7, 2003)
The Library Awaits Another Day (November 14, 2003)
My Friend the Columnist (November 21, 2003)
Bill of Rights Day (December 12, 2003)
2004
I Get Letters! (January 2, 2004)
Politics 2004 (January 16, 2004)
Building Community (February 6, 2004)
Gay Marriage and the Constitution (March 5, 2004)
Seeking the Religious Center (April 2, 2004)
2004 Lege Awards (May 21, 2004)
On Stem Cell Research (June 18, 2004)
Freedom on the Fourth (July 16, 2004)
Granny Voters (July 16, 2004)
Burning the Flag in the Election(October 1, 2004)
Local Elections (October 8, 2004)
About Community (October 15, 2004)
The Singing Fat Lady (October 22, 2004)
On Being a Liberal (November 12, 2004)
On Values (November 19 2004)
2005
Rembering 2004 (January 7, 2005)
Inauguration in Grand Junction (February 4, 2005)
Free Speech Means Free Speech (February 11, 2005)
CU and Free Speech (March 4, 2005)
Politics and Life (April 1, 2005)
Colorado Legislature, 2005 (May 20, 2005)
Deep Throat Revealed (June 10, 2005)
What is Patriotism? (July 1, 2005)
Replacing Justice O'Conner (July 15, 2005)
Raising the Bar--to Progress (August 5, 2005)
School and Sunday School (August 19, 2005)
Freedom of Speech--except? (September 23, 2005)
Harriet Meirs (October 14, 2005)
Separating Church and State (October 21, 2005)
A Woman President (November 4, 2005)
Remembering the Bill of Rights (December 2, 2005)
2006
Not Embarrassed--Proud to be a Liberal (February 10, 2006)
The Hazards of Teaching: Freedom of Speech (March 17, 2006)
Humor and the 2006 Lege (May 12, 2006)
A Woman President (June 9, 2006)
The President and Stem Cells (July 21, 2006)
Tragedy and Choices (August 11, 2006)
Now the fun begins... (August 18, 2006)
About Hillary (September 8, 2006)
Memories of the Klu Klux Klan (September 22, 2006)
We are all Sneetches (October 6, 2006)
This Week's Election (November 3, 2006)
Learning the Results (November 10, 2006)
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House (November 17, 2006)
2007
Go, Hillary! (February 2, 2007)
Letter to Hillary! (March 23, 2007)
What is a Liberal? (April 20, 2007)
Is it Time for Universal Health Care? (July 27, 2007)
Debating 2008 (August 10, 2007)
The Clothes Police (August 24, 2007)
It is Time for a Woman President (December 7, 2007)
2008
Campaign 2008 (January 11, 2008)
About Caucuses (February 22, 2008)
Is This Senator Clinton's Moment? (March 7, 2008)
Taxes (March 21, 2008)
Censorship and the Internet (May 2, 2008)
Civility in Politics (July 18, 2008)
The Democrats Come to Denver(August 29, 2008)
On Sarah Palin(September 12, 2008)
Abortion Amendment(September 26, 2008)
What is a Liberal?(October 10, 2008)
Changes: The 2008 Election (November 21, 2008)
2009
Inauguration Day (January 16, 2009)
That Was the Week That Was . . .(January 16, 2009)
The First Amendment(August 14, 2009)
Henrietta's Political History (August 28, 2009)
"Stay in School" - Indoctrination? (September 11, 2009)
2010
Denver and the Klu Klux Klan (March 12, 2010)
"Liberal" is not a dirty word(August 13, 2010)
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