By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Immaturity and inexperience—including ignorance about history—often cause the mistakes of youth. That’s what happened one night long ago during my high school years in Northern Utah. …
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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I’ve heard it said that books are some of our most devoted life companions. A new book proves it’s true. I must confess to some bias…
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…
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…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Memorial Day is almost halfway between Mother’s Day (in mid-May) and Father’s Day (in mid-June). It’s the perfect time to remember that I am a living…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Some people who live in Utah, but do not belong to the predominant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, feel ostracized. I’ve been lucky to…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– There are fifteen women from the past two centuries—a mother, two grandmothers, four great grands, and eight great/great grands—who by law and blood I can call…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– My boyhood home away from home was an old Trappist monastery in Northern Utah which closed in 2017. The Huntsville abbey lives on in many interesting…