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Jul 9, 2024
Laurel and Hardy was among my favorite shows as a kid and this edition reflects a bit of the Hardy syndrome, being released on the heels of what might be one the larger and most historic and well- produced publications…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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