Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 6:27 and sunset is 7:16, for 12 hours, 49 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board’s Policy Review Committee meets at 4:30 PM. Whitewater’s Planning and…
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Daily Bread for 9.7.25: ‘The Toughest Time to Find Work’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 64. Sunrise is 6:26 and sunset is 7:18, for 12 hours, 52 minutes of daytime. The moon is full with 100 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1776, according to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world’s first submarine attack in…
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Daily Bread for 9.5.25: National Labor Market Stalls
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 62. Sunrise is 6:24 and sunset is 7:21, for 12 hours, 58 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 93.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1774, the First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia. We had heard, more than…
America, City, Daily Bread, Economy, Tariffs, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.12.25: Inflation Rose in July
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see morning showers and then cloudy skies with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:58 and sunset is 8:00, for 14 hours, 2 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 87.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Public Works Committee meets at 5:15 PM. On…
America, City, Daily Bread, Economy, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.5.25: Prices (Claim & Reality)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:50 and sunset is 8:10, for 14 hours, 19 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 85.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Alcohol & Licensing Committee meets at 5 PM, and the Whitewater Common…
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Daily Bread for 8.3.25: After Bipartisanship
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 5:48 and sunset is 8:12, for 14 hours, 24 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 69.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1921, Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of…
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Daily Bread for 7.30.25: Social Media Now Leading News Source in America
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 78. Sunrise is 5:44 and sunset is 8:17, for 14 hours, 33 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 31.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1971, on Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin in the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with…
America, City, Daily Bread, History, Liberty, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 7.4.25: Happy Independence Day
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see scattered morning showers giving way to sunnier afternoon skies and a high of 89. Sunrise is 5:22 and sunset is 8:36, for 15 hours, 14 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 66.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1776, the Second…
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Daily Bread for 6.27.25: Persuading the Persuadable Is How This Conflict Will Be Won
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 82. Sunrise is 5:18 and sunset is 8:37, for 15 hours, 19 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 6.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1981, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issues its…
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Daily Bread for 6.14.25: No Kings
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 78. Sunrise is 5:15 and sunset is 8:34, for 15 hours, 19 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 89.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1777, the Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and…
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Daily Bread for 5.26.25: Memorial Day
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Memorial Day in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 66. Sunrise is 5:22 and sunset is 8:22, for 15 hours, 00 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 0.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Memorial Day Parade will begin at 10:30 AM at 426 North…
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Daily Bread for 4.26.25: Consumer Sentiment Falls, and Web Searches for Economic Calamity Rise
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning.
Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 59. Sunrise is 5:55 and sunset is 7:50, for 13 hours, 54 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 2.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1954, the first clinical trials of Jonas Salk‘s polio vaccine begin in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Two charts tell the tale of Americans’ economic concerns:
See Alex Harring, Americans are getting flashbacks to 2008 as tariffs stoke recession fears, CNBC, April 26, 2025.
When sentiment declines, it’s understandable that Americans would look for examples of other difficult times.
For modern Whitewater, the Great Recession’s influence is the key to understanding both economics and politics in the city. It is Whitewater’s signal modern event. Those difficult years from 2007-2009 led to an aftermath that still afflicts the city.
The failure of local officials and community leaders during that time was astonishing: the boosters1 wanted to deflect past others’ suffering, the special-interest men diverted valuable resources to their own schemes while Whitewater stayed poor2, the center-left grew but still struggles to land a decisive blow3, and the rightwing populists4 now in the city owe their present role as a faction to forces they can’t or won’t grasp.
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- Narrow of mind and small of heart. See the FREE WHITEWATER category on Boosterism. ↩︎
- Avaricious schemers failing time and again to match the accomplishments of the generation before them. See the FREE WHITEWATER category on Special Interests. ↩︎
- It does no good to talk to a hyena in a soft voice hoping that the vile creature will give up meat for vegetables. See Wisconsin Senate Democrats Hope Hyenas Will Stop Eating Meat. ↩︎
- An authoritarian populist movement of recrimination and revenge. See Defining Populism. ↩︎
Hubble views of Mars and more for space telecope’s 35th anniversary:
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Daily Bread for 4.19.25: A Message from New England
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning.
Saturday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 57. Sunrise is 6:06 and sunset is 7:42, for 13 hours, 36 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 65 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Across America, in places near and far, Americans will exercise today the right of the people peaceably to assemble. There will be many days like this, and many assemblies across this continent, each one part of a growing effort.
In Boston, Americans celebrated the 250th anniversary of the nighttime ride of Paul Revere. They added their own contemporary touches in projections on the side of the Old North Church:
— NorthEnd.page (@northendpage.bsky.social) April 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
northend.page/old-north-pr… Silence Dogood has some more messages to deliver. Tonight their canvas was the Old North Church.
— NorthEnd.page (@northendpage.bsky.social) April 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Rare North African lion cubs play in the sun:
America, City, Daily Bread, Local Government, Never Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.5.25: Go Outside
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning.
Saturday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 50. Sunrise is 6:29 and sunset is 7:26, for 12 hours, 57 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 54.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1938, two days after the Nationalist army occupied the Catalan city of Lleida, dictator Francisco Franco decrees the abolition of the Generalitat (the autonomous government of Catalonia), the self-government granted by the Republic, and the official status of the Catalan language.
Our people have a centuries-long tradition of protest. Today, across this continent, Americans will exercise that right against Trump and Musk. There are both in-person and virtual events to which the American people are cordially invited. (You don’t need to be a Democrat, as I am not. Patriotism is your only necessary credential.) There’s no location for Whitewater, but other nearby by locations await (including Walworth, Janesville, Stoughton, Beloit, and Madison):
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They’re taking everything they can get their hands on, and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we’re taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!
A beginning only: every movement and every coalition has a beginning. Start, then keep going.