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Family is the Game Plan

Fernando Mendoza is an odd name for a Heisman Trophy candidate college quarterback, much less one from Number One ranked Indiana, which hadn’t won the Big Ten for 58 years until last Saturday. Fernando ended up in Bloomington via Miami and Berkeley, California. His brother Alberto was already there, also

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Cycle Time

The stats from the PMPA (Precision Machined Parts Association) for August confirmed what I’ve been feeling for the past year. Business is really strong for

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What Happened Today?

My day inches by. I was busy but a little scatterbrained. I know I had a dozen conversations, but by the end of the day

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Old Favorites

Lloyd and Noah Graff are traveling for a family funeral today, so we’ve scoured the archives for some favorite pieces to re-visit. The Illusion of

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Foxcows

Foxconn’s choice of southern Wisconsin for their first major American manufacturing plant is fascinating to me as someone who has seen the Midwest absolutely battered

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54321

About a month ago I stumbled upon a book which continues to change my life every day, The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and

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Black and White

I am not a racist. I am not a Racist! I am not a RACIST! I wanted to hire a person to call people in

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