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Dr. Pacilio: February 13, 1966 - December 28, 2023
It does not seem all that long ago I was writing an article about Hope losing a chiropractor who had served our community for years, Dr. Greg Sweet...
Snowflake Scuffles
Vocabulary was never a particular strength, so I use the dictionary...
The Book "The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments"
In my thirteen years of writing articles for the Hope area, I have written several about movies and books. Recently, I received a book from one of my daughters for my birthday, "The In-Between" by Hadley Vlahos, RN...
Brian Howey: ‘Swinging for the Fences’ with Bears and White Sox
The Chicago Bears and White Sox are looking for new stadiums. The NFL franchise has purchased property in Arlington Park but is reportedly looking at sites from Waukegan (just south of the Wisconsin line), Naperville and Rockford as well as just south of Soldier Field. The Sox have been linked …
Lee Hamilton: Kissinger Left Complex Foreign Policy Legacy
Possibly no one had more influence on American foreign policy in the late 20th century than Henry Kissinger, who died last month at age 100...
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Gleaning Time
Unfortunately, the temperature stayed warm enough to prevent any Christmas snow...
Town Talk: Season's Greetings!
Season’s Greetings! My name is Jason and have been town manager of Hope...
Brian Howey: About That ‘Clear Path’ in the Ukraine War
Two years after the American Continental Congress had declared independence, George Washington’s army settled in for its third bitterly cold winter encampment at Valley Forge. Things looked bleak in 1778...
Lee Hamilton: Biden-Xi Meeting Shows Talk Matters
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for four hours last month on an estate near San Francisco. That, in and of itself, is important...
Flight of Discovery - June 3, 2004: La Charrette
This is the fourth installment on the Flight of Discovery, an aerial scientific expedition that retraced the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail from Indiana to the Pacific Ocean...
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Brian Howey: The Coming Showdown over American Democracy
On Tuesday evening, Fox News host Sean Hannity lobbed a softball question at Donald J. Trump...
Lee Hamilton: What Kind of Democracy Are We When Politicians Fear Violence?
Now that the dust has settled on the House speakership fight, both Washington and the media have been eager to move on to other issues: the Israel-Hamas war, the Trump trials, the recent elections, and more...
Brian Howey: Hathaway Chips Away at Hoosier Gender Barriers
Indiana became a state 207 years ago. All of our governors and U.S. senators have been white guys...
Hope Still has a Newspaper When Other Communities Do Not …
Thirteen years ago, I retired from teaching in the Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corporation...
Hand-me-downs
Size did not matter in the first grade. My classmates and I were diminutive, and our world was as small as we were. The boundaries were limited by what we could see and hear...
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