By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I am learning, somewhat reluctantly, that there is tremendous value in the next best thing, especially if it helps me live in the now moment. As…
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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– The most wonderful thing happens about once a month during Mass at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. A medium-sized black dog stands…
By Gary Topping– Last week a historian friend told me of a girl who wanted to major in history at his college, but who did not like to read, and…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I trained, before my 2018 trip to France, about how not to be just another ugly American in Paris. For example, I tried to learn more…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I have a love/hate relationship with the name Kevin. My father was called Kevin. I knew little about him, and understood even less. He skipped out…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– You’ll have a deep, and maybe unwanted, insight into the odd workings of my mind knowing that the two most vivid memories of my boyhood home…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Dear sixth-grade-girl-whose-name-I-don’t-remember: Our last year of elementary school was heavenly for me. I now realize, many years later, that it may have been hellish for you.…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I attended a lecture last week in my hometown Salt Lake City about the Irish workers who helped build the transcontinental rail. The nation recently observed…
By Gary Topping– No doubt many of our readers have seen the short film clip of the actor and activist Martin Sheen, who claims to have been arrested more than…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– For many years, a mysterious painting of the French city where I was born had haunted me. The art work is not frightening; it’s quite lovely.…