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What We Need to Know About the Average Joe

Jul 19, 2022
We are lucky to live where we do. As of this writing I have yet to pay $4 a gallon for gas, a price that already seems a distant memory to Californians and may seem quaint to Ingram’s readers by… more

World Cup Kansas City

Jul 19, 2022
The opportunity is here. Kansas City has been selected as one of 16 North American cities to host the World Cup. This is a big deal. The Economic Impact for a host city for the World Cup is absolutely massive.… more

Life After a Pandemic? Not Just Yet . . .

Apr 19, 2022
If you’re old enough to recall the name Leon Lett, you understand the risk of celebrating your touchdown before you cross the goal line. He was the Dallas Cowboy who was about to rub it in on the Buffalo Bills… more

A Textbook Lesson in Perseverance and Leadership

Apr 19, 2022
My aunt Nancy Sweeney was Miller Nichols’ executive assistant for more than 30 years, and despite a bit of an age gap, Miller was my buddy. Though I might not have realized it at the time, he was also an… more

Everything I Learned About Leadership, I Learned at Camp

Apr 19, 2022
A camp director must manage not only his youthful subalterns, the counselors, but he must also assume responsibility for their charges, the campers. Gen. George Patton never had to counsel a whiny 8-year-old bedwetter or pull a rutting young couple… more

When the Destination Really Was Kansas

Mar 24, 2022
When I speak to Kansans of Millennial age, I am continually impressed by how little they know about the history of their state (about the history of anything, for that matter). When I tell them that Kansas has a more… more

Hats Off to the Heroes

Feb 16, 2022
I’ve said it before and will again, how much I genuinely love the Heroes in Healthcare program and its mission to recognize excellence and extraordinary commitment to health, wellness and safety.  We enjoy these awards so much, we’ve built an… more

The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Leawoodian

Feb 16, 2022
At the foot of the French village where I lived some years back, was a pissoir. Yes, Virginia, it is what it sounds like—an only partially enclosed escape valve for the gentlemen of the neighborhood. One day, I chanced to… more

Signs of the Coming Apocalypse

Feb 16, 2022
Herewith, signs of the coming Apocalypse, brought to you by the elites, the blue-check Twitter crowd and others who skipped Critical Thinking 101 back in college:  • Does anyone in their right mind think that the non-fungible token craze has… more

Forrest Gump Was Right: Stupid Is as Stupid Does

Jan 25, 2022
There’s nonsense, and there’s common sense. Let’s hope for a revival of the latter in 2022.   Submitted for your consideration: In August 2020, the Chicago Tribune offered this headline: “University of Chicago students call for defunding, abolishing school police… more