Yes, it surely is. Falsely casting blame, though, allows bureaucrats to keep control of others’ production for their own ambitions. See, Blaming the recession on free markets is unscientific.

There a story about local Whitewater success Topper’s Pizza over at the Janesville Gazette. (Quick note: I have no connection to Toppers, except as a repeat customer.) The best successes are those that come from one’s good products, good ideas, and hard work. See, Pizza with Pizzazz: Toppers Finds Success in Wisconsin.

Someone in Havana needs to rethink the revolution – Cash-strapped Cuba says toilet paper running short

In Whitewater, and 15,000 other locations across America, there’s a new(er)way to rent videos. Over the years, Whitewater has had several movie rental stores, as stand-alone businesses or within a larger store.  I can think of at least five, of this type, but I may be undercounting.  With the closing of Blockbuster, we have only…

If a business overcharges a customer, beyond the listed price of an item, the customer expects a refund, and should one not be forthcoming, a local consumer protection agency’s liable to spring into action. That’s as it should be — the customer may seek recourse if she wishes (and a business’s greatest punishment comes from…

Over at law professor Eugene Volokh’s group blog, Orin Kerr offers readers a poll question on the Dow Jones Industrial Average: ”How Low Do You Think the Dow Will Fall?” I’d guess that it will keep falling, over the next five years (Kerr’s time frame), but like all guesses of this kind, it’s a tenuous…