Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will see scattered morning showers on an otherwise partly sunny and humid day with a high of 81. Sunrise is 6:13 and sunset is 7:39 for 13 hours 26 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 97.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in…
Economics
Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Housing, Populists, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.24.26: Federal Government Moves Away from Effective Approach to Homelessness
by JOHN ADAMS •
Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.23.26: A Trade War with Wisconsin’s Largest Foreign Partner
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 74. Sunrise is 6:10 and sunset is 7:44 for 13 hours 34 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 80.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1966, Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit…
Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Mendacity, Trump
Daily Bread for 8.19.26: ‘Trump’s Broken Promises, in 11 Charts’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:05 and sunset is 7:50 for 13 hours 45 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 44.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. There will be a ribbon-cutting for the Whitewater Fire Department Training Facility at…
America, Bad Ideas, City, Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Special Interests, Tom Tiffany, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.13.26: Stagflation Returns
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 76. Sunrise is 5:59 and sunset is 7:59 for 14 hours 0 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board’s Human Resources Committee meets at 5 PM. On this day…
City, Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Lobbyists, Local Government, Special Interests, Tariffs, Taxes/Taxation, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 7.26.26: Tariffs’ High Cost to Ordinary Wisconsinites
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 90. Sunrise is 5:40 and sunset is 8:23 for 14 hours 43 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 91.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1996, the remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington.…
Bad Ideas, City, Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Special Interests, War
Daily Bread for 6.10.26: Consumer Prices Rise to Highest Level in Three Years
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will see intermittent afternoon and evening thunderstorms with a high of 85. Sunrise is 5:16 and sunset is 8:33 for 15 hours 17 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 27.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1999, in the Kosovo War, NATO suspends…
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…
City, Daily Bread, Development, Economics, Free Markets, Housing
Daily Bread for 4.21.26: A Bit About Markets and Dynamism
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 6:03 and sunset is 7:44 for 13 hours 41 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 22 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Forward Design Workshop Open House is open from 4:30-6:30 PM and…
City, Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Excuses and Rationalizations, Free Markets, Housing, Special Interests
Daily Bread for 4.17.26: Affordability Discussions Define a Key Component of Economic Demand
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see evening thunderstorms with a high of 74. Sunrise is 6:10 and sunset is 7:39 for 13 hours 29 minutes of daytime. It’s a new moon today. On this day in 1970, the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely. People talk about supply & demand, but economic demand is often misunderstood.…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Entitlement, Reasoning, Special Interests, Speech & Debate
Daily Bread for 10.21.25: On an Application of Newton’s Third Law of Motion to Whitewater, Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS •
Agriculture, Daily Bread, Economics, Tariffs, Trade, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 10.10.25: Even Record Crop Yields Won’t Be Enough for Wisconsin’s Farmers
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 68. Sunrise is 7:02 and sunset is 6:20, for 11 hours 17 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 83.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1846, Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered…
Bad Ideas, Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Tariffs, Taxes/Taxation
Daily Bread for 5.18.25: Let Them Eat Tariffs
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 61. Sunrise is 5:28 and sunset is 8:14, for 14 hours, 45 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 70 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1863, Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant begin the Siege of Vicksburg during the…
Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Tariffs
Daily Bread for 5.15.25: Retail Sales Stall
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will see afternoon thunderstorms with a high of 89. Sunrise is 5:31 and sunset is 8:11, for 14 hours, 39 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 92.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1911,…