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COLUMNS
Introduction to Flight of Discovery 2004-2006
On the morning of June 13, 2004, eleven westward-bound aircraft left the mouth of the Columbia River and soared above the waves of the Pacific Ocean for a few moments before turning south to land at the Astoria, Oregon airport...
Brian Howey: Brad Chambers' Long Shot Race for Indiana Governor
About this time five years ago, Mike Braun was a relatively unknown state rep from Jasper, preparing to take on two sitting congressmen in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. Braun registered about 1% in his initial internal poll...
Yellow Trail Museum, One of the Best Small-Town Museums Even has an Interactive Model of the Town of Hope in the 30s & 40s
The Hope Yellow Trail Museum undoubtedly is one of the best small-town museums around. It is due to the efforts of many people within the community over the years...
Lee Hamilton: For Effective Congressional Oversight, Ask the Right Questions
One of the hardest things to watch as Congress has evolved over the past decade or more is the extent to which its oversight muscles have atrophied...
Truth
I was raised on oatmeal and guilt. If I didn’t eat my oatmeal, I couldn’t go to school...
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The Honor of Taking Care of Grandchildren
After thirty-six years of teaching fifth graders at Hope Elementary with a superb team and being extremely thankful for the Hope community, a significant amount of my time has been devoted to taking care of my two grandsons, Gibson and Rowan. Interestingly, both of their parents are teachers...
Monsters
Somedays we just need to dig deep for courage, and somedays we find just enough to get us through until our next worry. We definitely have enough monsters in the world to keep us reaching, don’t we?...
Do You Remember Me? Thinking About Danielle Renae Mills
As I am looking at Danielle Mills in the 1999-2000 Fifth Grade Hope Elementary School Picture, one of my 27 students that year, it is as if she is asking, “Do you remember me, Mr. Webster?”...
Lee Hamilton: Why Civility Matters in Congress
Given everything that’s been taking place on Capitol Hill, I’d guess you missed the announcement a few months back that the House Civility Caucus has been revived. It would be hard to call this earth-shattering news — but in our current political climate, it’s a notable measure of hope...
Where is Hauser Graduate Alex Gross? From Hope Biddy Ball to Professional Basketball in the Netherlands for ZZ Leiden Dreams Can Come True!
I was at the Hope Community Center Smoke on the Square event and was thrilled to see Alex Gross and to have a few moments to talk...
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The Wall
All around the world people use idioms “… common phrases that are used to say certain things. A lot of these expressions may seem perfectly normal to a native speaker but actually translate into something pretty weird (and wonderful)...
Brian Howey: Preparing for the Trial (and Election) of the Millennium
After reluctantly coming out of retirement to lead a fledgling nation, President George Washington gave up power in 1796, something that at that point in human history had been unthinkable. In his “Farewell Address,” Washington warned that the preservation of the Union was at the core of nationhood...
Mississippi Riverboat Adventure
We took a wonderful riverboat tour, Riverboat Twilight, with our friends, the Slagels. After meeting them in Lafayette, we traveled four hours to Iowa where we stayed at LeClaire, birthplace of Buffalo Bill, for the night...
Her Highness
Our daughter died over two decades ago just before her nineteenth birthday...
An 18-year Adventure: Hope, Indiana
In my life, I have lived in numerous major city in the United States. I have been fortunate to have explored every state except Hawaii. I have been fortunate to have studied in Mexico and traveled..
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