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Mar 17, 2021
Last year on Friday, March 13 Ingram’s team sat down to what clearly was one of the oddest meetings of my career. I felt at that time like a military leader addressing troops going into battle and sensing the probability…
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Feb 18, 2021
I don’t have to elaborate much to convey the extraordinary challenges associated with navigating the past year. If one steps out of the picture and looks back in, they would see a year of challenge on nearly every front. Particularly…
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Jan 20, 2021
OK, new year. Great. I had plenty of the one we just finished. The holidays create an opportunity to gather the family for some reflections on what has transpired during a given year, what counts as a personal, academic or…
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Jan 20, 2021
A one-time offensive lineman at Ball State University, Jason Whitlock today looks pretty much like what you’d think an offensive lineman would look like roughly 30 hard-living years after hanging up his cleats. My wife swears she used to see…
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Jan 19, 2021
We love history, and Michelle and I greatly enjoy exploring regions during those rare opportunities for leisurely travel. Operating a small hands-on business with always-ambitious plans and live-or-die deadlines makes it difficult to get away. Ingram’s readers can certainly relate…
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Jan 7, 2021
Jan. 6, 2021, has already been recorded among the most frustrating, disappointing and maddening days in the lives of many Americans. I’d like to say that I’m in disbelief with the attack on the Capitol on Wednesday. Yet I’m not…
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Dec 15, 2020
On Friday, the 13th of March, our Ingram’s team sat down for a lengthy discussion about the coronavirus and the decision to close our offices at the end of that day. I felt like a coach consoling a team after…
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Dec 15, 2020
On his Facebook page, my friend Steven recently posted the following item. In these trying and contentious times, it is a message well worth heeding: All I can say is 11/13/13 was a very emotional and joyous day and today…
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Dec 15, 2020
It’s tough to be an optimist these days. Especially if you have an over-developed interest in the health and welfare of the regional and national business communities. As this God-awful business year limps to a conclusion, new concerns about operating…
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Dec 8, 2020
On Friday, the 13th of March, our Ingram’s team sat down for a lengthy discussion about the coronavirus and the decision to close our offices at the end of that day. I felt like a coach consoling a team after…
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