Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 43. Sunrise is 7:10 and sunset is 6:59 for 11 hours 49 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 29.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1930, the Lowell Observatory announces Clyde Tombaugh‘s discovery of Pluto. Embed…
Economy
Daily Bread, Economy, War
Daily Bread for 3.12.26: Works Best If You Own Exxon Mobil
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 43. Sunrise is 7:12 and sunset is 6:57 for 11 hours 45 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 38.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Commission meets at 5:30 PM. On this day…
City, Daily Bread, Economy, Foreign Affairs
Daily Bread for 3.9.26: Foreign War Hits Domestic Markets — Even Supermarkets
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 69. Sunrise is 7:17 and sunset is 6:54 for 11 hours 37 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 67 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1044, the people of Constantinople riot…
Daily Bread, Economy
Daily Bread for 3.8.26: ‘Roaring Economy’ Not So Roaring
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 60. Sunrise is 7:18 and sunset is 6:51 for 11 hours 35 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 75.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1979, Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time. Embed from Getty…
America, Daily Bread, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Immigration, Nativism
Daily Bread for 3.6.26: Checking on the ‘New Golden Age’ and the ‘Board of Peace’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 64. Sunrise is 6:22 and sunset is 5:50 for 11 hours 28 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 90.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1967, Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States. She would later…
Business, Daily Bread, Economy, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 2.28.26: Wisconsin Companies Seek Refunds of Unlawfully Imposed Tariffs
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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,…