By Michael Patrick O’Brien– If you wanted to find me—or pretty much any other kid who grew up in the 1960s or 70s—at 6:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning, you…
Posts published in June 2024
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– My wife Vicki has a perfectly wonderful last name (Comeau) with strong French-Canadian and European roots that might even include some French royalty. Yet, like most…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A few years ago, the University of Notre Dame commissioned an advertising campaign called “What would you fight for?” which aired during its NBC autumn football…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– There are fifteen men from the past two centuries—a father, two grandfathers, four great grands, and eight great/great grands—who by law and blood I can call…