By Michael Patrick O’Brien– The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is about boyhood mischief, not church. Yet, some of its most memorable boyhood mischief happens at church. I can relate. Mark…
Posts published in January 2026
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Although they rage on unabated elsewhere, on television recently I noticed a brief and pleasant January thaw in the American Culture Cold Wars. The unlikely source?…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Brigham Young’s only Catholic daughter lived a colorful and conflicted life. Eudora Lovina “Dora” Young Hagan was born in Salt Lake City in May 1852. Her…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– It’s sad but seems true—Trappist monasteries don’t last longer than 70 years in the Rocky Mountains. To be fair, there have been only two—Holy Trinity Abbey…