Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:24 and sunset is 7:22 for 12 hours 58 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 35.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1774, the First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia. Jim Massey, writing at…
Economy
Agriculture, Daily Bread, Economy, Elections, Gubernatorial Race 2026, Never Trump, Tariffs, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 9.4.26: Tariffs Leave Farmers Paying More
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see clouds and scattered thunderstorms with a high of 89. Sunrise is 6:22 and sunset is 7:24 for 13 hours 2 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 46.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1923, the first U.S.-built rigid airship, the USS Shenandoah,…
Daily Bread, Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.29.26: Rising Imports and Falling Exports Show Yet Another Foreseeable Failure of Tariffs
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see afternoon thunderstorms with a high of 78. Sunrise is 6:16 and sunset is 7:34 for 13 hours 18 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 97.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida…
America, CDA, City, Daily Bread, Development, Economics, Economy, Tariffs
Daily Bread for 8.26.26: Inflation Rises Again – National Economic Failure and Its Local Cronies
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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…
America, City, Daily Bread, Development, Economy, Employment, Local Government, Special Interests, Tariffs, War
Daily Bread for 8.7.26: National Economy Loses Jobs in July
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:52 and sunset is 8:07 for 14 hours 15 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 33.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1944, IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled…
America, City, Daily Bread, Economy, Special Interests, Tariffs, War
Daily Bread for 8.6.26: The Destructive Feedback Loop of Inflationary Tariffs and Interest Rates
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 5:51 and sunset is 8:09 for 14 hours 18 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 45.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1965, President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. Residents…
Daily Bread, Economy
Daily Bread for 7.31.26: Low National Economic Growth
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see afternoon showers with a high of 79. Sunrise is 5:45 and sunset is 8:16 for 14 hours 33 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 96.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1964, Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of…
Business, CDA, City, Daily Bread, Development, Economy, Grocery, Old CDA, Special Interests
Daily Bread for 7.30.26: Development’s Past, Development’s Present, and the Local Grocery Cooperative
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 87. Sunrise is 5:44 and sunset is 8:17 for 14 hours 33 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 2003, in Mexico, the last ‘old-style’ Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly…
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.…
Daily Bread, Economy, Tariffs, Trump
Daily Bread for 7.24.26: A Bad Economic Outlook Gets Worse
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 5:38 and sunset is 8:24 for 14 hours 46 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 78.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1935, the Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures…