By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I don’t know if famous French chef and public television star Julia Child ever visited my hometown in Northern Utah. Her best friend, however, had the…

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– The Associated Press reports that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is dismissing six lawsuits it brought on behalf of employees alleging workplace gender identity discrimination…

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– (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…