….the free market promotes another virtue [additional to  independence, productivity, and self-responsibility] that is rarely mentioned: curiosity. In 2004, psychologists Martin Seligman and Christopher Peterson created an index of 24 character strengths, such as kindness, wisdom, and gratitude; based on their research, curiosity was one of the top five most closely linked to fulfillment and…

There’s a fine story over at the GazetteXtra entitled, New Janesville business planning to stick around, about a cane and walking stick manufacturer. [Lenny] Staller, a self-taught cabinetmaker, spent years making wooden toys. Now the 70-year-old Janesville man creates canes, walking and hiking sticks. He works in a shop in the back of the store…

I think so — small-town Whitewater will benefit from a greater number of choices. See, Will new Walmart be good for Whitewater? — Walworth County Today.

The power of buyers in the market: Last year, he might have just dropped the $184.85 Garmin global positioning system into his cart. This time, he took out his Android phone and typed the model number into an app that instantly compared the Best Buy price to those of other retailers. He found that he…

Google enters the ebook market with Google eBooks. I like Amazon’s Kindle, but additional competition from Google may lead to improvements in Amazon’s service (and those of other booksellers).

One can guess that I don’t spend much time listening to Kid Rock. Actually, whatever the self-inflicted loss, I can say that don’t listen to any Kid Rock. (Before writing about his views on ticket sales, I had to look him up on Wikipedia, actually, just to learn a bit about him.) There’s a post…

Well done. Janesville animal lover Nicole Opie wanted to run her own business, and she wanted to be a farmer. She’s combining both things by making organic goat milk soap from her small herd of French Alpine goats, which she keeps on a farm just outside of Janesville on Highway 14. Via Janesville woman cleaning…