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Is Working From Home Really Working?

Apr 4, 2025
Embedded in the title above are two distinct questions. The first question, a personal one, is whether those who work from home actually do any productive work. The second question, a communal one, is whether working from home works to… more

Apologies? Accountability? Still Waiting …

Apr 4, 2025
Well, here we are: Five years post-pandemic onset in Kansas City. Plenty of economic indicators now say we’ve recovered much of what was lost starting that fateful March week in 2020. Plenty of anecdotal evidence tells us we’ll never make… more

Beyond the Classroom

Apr 3, 2025
Several of my colleagues have developed unique publications designed to educate high-school students and their parents and counselors of educational options available after graduation. There was a time, not long ago, when not considering a college education, at least an… more

Lessons Learned From Washington

Mar 10, 2025
Between the time he left office in 2021 and Jan. 20 of this year, President Trump had a fair amount of time to both observe governmental dysfunction and prepare for reclaiming his position in the White House. Last June, his… more

Is AI a Game-Changer? Yes … but What Game?

Mar 10, 2025
The final week of January produced a momentarily calamitous development among the investor set when the Chinese AI company DeepSeek rolled out the latest version of its chatbot. Shares of U.S. companies rebounded pretty quickly, as these things often do,… more

In Health Care, Meritocracy Is on the Road to Recovery

Mar 10, 2025
Watching Pete Hegseth navigate his Senate confirmation hearing as Secretary of Defense earlier this month, I was startled by the directness of his testimony. Hegseth boldly proclaimed his intent to create “a Pentagon laser-focused on war-fighting, lethality, meritocracy, standards, and… more

More Than Football

Feb 3, 2025
We serve the interests of business owners and executives in multiple ways here at Ingram’s. Among them: Gathering data on regional companies, covering of emerging trends and important developments in key industry sectors, providing expert guidance on relevant issues through… more

Footnotes to an Assassination

Feb 3, 2025
With movie-star good looks, a wit sharper than anything Gillette makes and an IQ that would compel a rocket scientist to blush, we knew he wouldn’t long be a newspaper reporter, working the night police beat on my small Metro… more

So Why Exactly Did Johnson County Turn Blue?

Feb 3, 2025
In the fall of 2020, a Montreal TV crew came to Kansas to assess the “blue wave” that was reportedly about to submerge the state. Although I live and work in Missouri—and have since I moved here late in the… more

The Mission of Amassing Wealth and Giving

Dec 31, 2024
Ingram’s annual Philanthropy Edition means far more to our team than an annual tradition. It’s a capstone in time to pay tribute to great individuals, families, companies and foundations deserving of recognition for their philanthropic giving and volunteerism. This is… more