Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 39. Sunrise is 6:32 and sunset is 5:43 for 11 hours 11 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 90.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1844, a gun explodes on board the steam warship USS Princeton during a pleasure…
Economy
Agriculture, Daily Bread, Economy, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 2.21.26: ‘New Golden Age’ Doesn’t Include Wisconsin’s Farmers
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 31. Sunrise is 6:43 and sunset is 5:34 for 10 hours 51 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 19.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1947, in New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first “instant camera,”…
Daily Bread, Economy, Energy, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 2.19.26: Atomic Power Makes a Welcome Comeback
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 52. Sunrise is 6:46 and sunset is 5:31 for 10 hours 47 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 5.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1945,…
Business, Daily Bread, Development, Economy, Laws/Regulations, Legislation, Politics, Regulations
Daily Bread for 2.11.26: Data Centers Will Stay in the News
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 37. Sunrise is 6:57 and sunset is 5:20 for 10 hours 21 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 30.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Comprehensive Plan Work Group meets at 4 PM and the Equal Opportunity Commission…
Business, City, Daily Bread, Development, Economy, Local Government, Low Standards, Special Interests, That Which Paved the Way
Daily Bread for 2.10.26: Unfounded (and Irresponsible) Pessimism at the Common Council Lectern
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 40. Sunrise is 6:58 and sunset is 5:20 for 10 hours 22 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 39.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Public Works Committee meets at 5:15 PM and there is a Whitewater…
City, Daily Bread, Development, Economy, Free Markets, Housing, Special Interests
Daily Bread for 2.6.26: 71% Means Far Less Than It Seems
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 35. Sunrise is 7:03 and sunset is 5:14 for 10 hours 11 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 76.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1919, in Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and…
Daily Bread, Economy
Daily Bread for 1.10.26: Our New ‘Golden Age’ Looking More Like Tin
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Daily Bread, Economy, Employment
Daily Bread for 12.4.25: Layoff Announcements Top 1.1 Million This Year, Most Since 2020 Pandemic
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 16. Sunrise is 7:09 and sunset is 4:21 for 9 hours 12 minutes of daytime. The moon will be full this evening. On this day in 1864, during Sherman’s March to the Sea, Union cavalry forces defeat Confederate cavalry in the Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia,…
America, City, Daily Bread, Economy, Employment
Daily Bread for 12.3.25: National Private Payrolls Fall by 32,000, Led by Small Business Job Cuts
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Daily Bread, Economy, Employment
Daily Bread for 11.25.25: Private Job Losses Increase
by JOHN ADAMS •
Daily Bread, Economy, Mendacity
Daily Bread for 11.23.25: Misleading (Yet Again) on Ordinary Conditions
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 53. Sunrise is 6:57 and sunset is 4:25 for 9 hours 28 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 9.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1924, Edwin Hubble‘s discovery, that the Andromeda “nebula” is actually another island galaxy far…
City, Daily Bread, Economy, Local Government, Tariffs
Daily Bread for 11.21.25: Shoppers Scale Back
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 46. Sunrise is 6:54 and sunset is 4:26 for 9 hours 32 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 1.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1969, the first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI. In Whitewater,…
Confidence Schemes, Daily Bread, Economy, Housing
Daily Bread for 11.17.25: Schemes Are a Paltry Substitute for Supply
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 47. Sunrise is 6:49 and sunset is 4:29 for 9 hours 40 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 6.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Lakes Advisory Committee meets at 4 PM, the Police and Fire Commission…
City, Daily Bread, Development, Economy, Housing, Tariffs
Daily Bread for 11.16.25: It’s All So Easy on the Campaign Trail
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 48. Sunrise is 6:48 and sunset is 4:30 for 9 hours 42 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 11.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1914, the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens. Catherine Rampell nicely…