Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see periods of clouds and sun with a high of 86. Sunrise is 5:22 and sunset is 8:21 for 14 hours 59 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 79.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 5 PM, the Board of…
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America, Daily Bread, Holiday, Military, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.25.26: Soldier from Rhinelander Identified Eighty-Six Years Later
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Memorial Day in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:23 and sunset is 8:20 for 14 hours 57 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 71.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Memorial Day parade begins at 10:30 AM from Fairhaven’s Hearthstone Memory…
America, Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.24.26: The ‘Economic Sh*tshow Beyond Your Wildest Imagination’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 77. Sunrise is 5:24 and sunset is 8:20 for 14 hours 56 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 62 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic…
Daily Bread, Insects, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.23.26: A Second State Insect for Wisconsin?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 70. Sunrise is 5:24 and sunset is 8:19 for 14 hours 55 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 51.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1949, the Basic Law establishing a new German state, the Federal…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Open Government, School District
Daily Bread for 5.22.26: ‘Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny’ for Politics, Not Science
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 66. Sunrise is 5:25 and sunset is 8:18 for 14 hours 53 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 40.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1819, the SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Local Government, Public Safety, University
Daily Bread for 5.21.26: An Ordinary Student Festival in a Normal College Town
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 59. Sunrise is 5:26 and sunset is 8:17 for 14 hours 51 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 29.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM. The Whitewater School Board’s Strategic Planning…
City, Culture, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 5.20.26: The Next Generation Should Start in 3, 2, 1…
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will see a mixture of clouds and sunshine with a high of 60. Sunrise is 5:27 and sunset is 8:16 for 14 hours 49 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 19.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks and Recreation Board meets at 5:30 PM.…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Nativism
Daily Bread for 5.19.26: The End of Familial Legacy as Public Entitlement
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Daily Bread, University
Daily Bread for 5.18.26: After Graduation
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with scattered showers and a high of 80. Sunrise is 5:29 and sunset is 8:14 for 14 hours 45 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 4.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Library Board meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in…
Daily Bread, Gubernatorial Race 2026, Politics, Populists, Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 5.17.26: The WISGOP Knows What Its Base Wants
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:30 and sunset is 8:13 for 14 hours 43 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board…
Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.16.26: Wisconsin Is Crawlin’ with Lizards and Salamanders (And That’s a Good Thing)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:31 and sunset is 8:12 for 14 hours 41 minutes of daytime. The moon is new today. On this day in 1888, Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric…
Daily Bread, Gov. Evers, Politics, Speaker Vos, State Government, Wisconsin, WisDems, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 5.15.26: Fiscal Deals Will Likely Wait Until After November (Because Wisconsin Is Already Looking Ahead)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 77. Sunrise is 5:32 and sunset is 8:11 for 14 hours 39 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 2.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1940, Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald’s restaurant. The…
Budget, Daily Bread, School District, State Government, Wisconsin, WisDems, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 5.14.26: If a ‘Bipartisan’ Bill Gets No WisDems Senate Votes, Was It Ever Bipartisan?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 68. Sunrise is 5:33 and sunset is 8:10 for 14 hours 37 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 7.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Commission meets at 4 PM, and there will…
America, City, Daily Bread, Economy, Special Interests, Tariffs, War
Daily Bread for 5.13.26: Inflation Measures Rise Again
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 59. Sunrise is 5:34 and sunset is 8:08 for 14 hours 34 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 15 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, enslaved Southerner Robert Smalls steals the steamboat Planter, spirits it through Confederate lines and…