Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 49. Sunrise is 5:49 and sunset is 7:55 for 14 hours 6 minutes of daytime. The moon (a ‘Flower Moon‘) is full today. On this day in 1971, Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. There are…
Economy
Daily Bread, Economy, Employment
Daily Bread for 4.27.26: A Difficult Job Market Regrettably Gets Less Attention
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Daily Bread, Economy
Daily Bread for 4.19.26: Consumer Sentiment’s Steep Decline Charted
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 45. Sunrise is 6:06 and sunset is 7:41 for 13 hours 35 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 6.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1775, the Revolutionary War begins during the Battles of Lexington 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.…
Agriculture, Daily Bread, Economy, War
Daily Bread for 4.14.26: Effects of Trade War and the Iran War Reach All the Way to Midwestern Soybean Farmers
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see scattered evening thundershowers with a high of 77. Sunrise is 6:14 and sunset is 7:36 for 13 hours 22 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 10.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Innovation Center Advisory Panel meets at 8:30 AM and Whitewater’s…
Daily Bread, Early Childhood, Economy, Employment, Trump, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 4.13.26: Trump on Daycare
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 74. Sunrise is 6:16 and sunset is 7:35 for 13 hours 19 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 18.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board’s Policy Review Committee meets at 4:30 PM and Whitewater’s Plan…
Daily Bread, Economy
Daily Bread for 4.12.26: The Key Number Behind Low Consumer Confidence
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 72. Sunrise is 6:18 and sunset is 7:33 for 13 hours 15 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 27.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1945, the U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and…
Daily Bread, Economy
Daily Bread for 4.11.26: Inflation Up, Consumer Confidence Down
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 55. Sunrise is 6:19 and sunset is 7:32 for 13 hours 13 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 37 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1945, American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp: A detachment…
Daily Bread, Economy, Tariffs
Daily Bread for 4.2.26: Happy Liberation Day
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 64. Sunrise is 6:35 and sunset is 7:22 for 12 hours 47 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 2025, Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs. It was on…
City, Daily Bread, Economy, Trump, War
Daily Bread for 3.13.26: Growth Revised Down, Core Inflation Up
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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…