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We’re All Border Counties Now

Jul 9, 2024
It is unsettling enough that multiple millions of unvetted people have flooded across the border in these past few years, but it is beyond bizarre that some elected officials—enter Mayor Quinton Lucas, stage left—welcome the flood. In April, Kansas City’s… more

Fun With Math …

Jul 9, 2024
On tap this edition: a thought experiment in U.S. compensation levels. With a little luck, today’s class will end with a stake driven through the heart of the tired, old argument about payroll patriarchy in America. Stick with me on… more

KC’s Constellation of Stars

Jun 18, 2024
I can’t begin to tell you of the joy it brings to serve as the publisher of Ingram’s for the past 28 years and to deliver this unique edition honoring some of the most accomplished companies and leaders who built… more

It’s Good to Be Big

Apr 8, 2024
Of the variety of rankings Ingram’s researchers and journalists produce each year, I believe The Ingram’s 100 may be the most interesting. For starters, private companies by nature are protective of their revenues. Trust is hard-earned in the data and… more

This Just In: Elections Have Consequences

Apr 8, 2024
On Feb. 26, the Circuit Court of Jackson County took just about everyone drawing a county paycheck to the village pond for a well-deserved, Puritan-style, public dunking. Applauding pond-side, sad to say, were the people who deserved a good dunk… more

What the Chiefs Can Teach Us About Success

Apr 8, 2024
It still feels odd to reference this year’s Super Bowl as “another” championship for the Kansas City Chiefs, given that the city went, oh, 50 years between title-game appearances heading into 2020. Anybody who became a Chiefs’ fan after the… more

Health Care Knows No Borders

Feb 21, 2024
My Dad spent his boyhood in the central Kansas railroad town of Herington, a thriving burg at the time, with a population of about 4,500 in the 1930 census. When the uncle who raised him died in 1971, the town’s… more

Finally, A College Where I’d Send My Grandkids

Feb 21, 2024
Higher education has not covered itself in glory in recent years. The headlines are replete with tales of rising costs, falling enrollments, and university presidents needing “context” to decide whether anti-Semitism is a bad thing. Although my wife and I… more

It’s Way Past Time to Wage War on Gun Violence

Feb 21, 2024
The Valentine’s Day mass shooting that tarnished a citywide celebration of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVIII victory prompted Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves to declare afterward: “I’m angry at what happened today. The people who came to this celebration… more

Half a Century

Jan 23, 2024
Each January, we list and profile companies celebrating significant milestones, and through the years I would periodically say to myself, “We’ll be there someday.” We’re a bit behind those celebrating centennial or older anniversaries, but we’re glad to be among… more