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Truth
I was raised on oatmeal and guilt. If I didn’t eat my oatmeal, I couldn’t go to school...
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...
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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...
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...
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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..
Lee Hamilton: NATO’s Relevance No Longer in Question
All eyes were on NATO last week as leaders of its member nations met in Lithuania to debate key issues, including their response to Russia’s war against Ukraine...
Travel Trails: Hot Air Ballon Adventure
Beth and I could have done what most normal people would have done. We could have gone to bed early and gotten a good night’s sleep. That’s what most people would have done the night before a scheduled sunrise champaign breakfast hot air balloon ride...
Brian Howey: Hoosier Republicans Splinter Over Support for Ukraine
In past generations, it was the accumulation of American body bags that forged domestic anti-war efforts...
Reading: A Lifelong Passion
As I drove to the 25th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Hope Branch Library on Wednesday, July 12, I reminisced about the amount of time I have spent in the Hope Library over the course of my life...
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