By Michael Patrick O’Brien (Editor’s note: 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Holy Cross Sisters in Salt Lake City. Their kindness, hard work, and devotion changed…
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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Last week, I published part one of Deception, Death, Dementia, and Double Homicide on my little newspaper route.) For several months in the Summer of 1974,…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– For several months in 1974 during my early teen years, I delivered The Ogden Standard-Examiner—my hometown daily newspaper—to the doorsteps of my neighbors. In return, they…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Holy Cross Sisters in Salt Lake City. Their kindness, hard work, and devotion changed…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– As yet another new year begins, I’m stuck ruminating on a simple truth recognized by philosophy, science, and religion alike—nothing lasts forever. A Greek philosopher once said,…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Holy Cross Sisters in Salt Lake City. Their kindness, hard work, and devotion changed…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– My wife and I had amazing existential bookends in Arizona near the beginning and at the end of 2024. In December 2023, we visited Tucson and…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Finding a place for both Jesus and Santa Claus at Christmas time can be challenging. The secular holiday largely ignores Jesus. The Christian celebration often forgets…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– While doing some research for a novel I am writing, I stumbled on some fascinating facts about the legal history of Christmas. “Legal” may not be…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I’ve never seen chestnuts roasting on an open fire, nor eaten any of them, but every December they make me think of Christmas. That’s because my…