Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 65. Sunrise is 6:40 and sunset is 6:55 for 12 hours 15 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 66.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1982, NFL players begin a 57-day strike (reducing the 1982…
Economy
Daily Bread, Economy, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 9.18.26: Wisconsin’s Economy Depends on Diesel (and Now Diesel Costs Much More)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with evening rainstorms and a high of 71. Sunrise is 6:38 and sunset is 6:59 for 12 hours 21 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 47.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1948, Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes…
Agriculture, Daily Bread, Economy, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 9.15.26: Rail Fuel Surcharges Squeeze Farmers During Harvest Season
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 75. Sunrise is 6:34 and sunset is 7:04 for 12 hours 30 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 20.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Public Safety & Licensing Review Committee meets at 5 PM and the Whitewater…
America, Daily Bread, Economy
Daily Bread for 9.11.26: National Economic Policy Has Been a Failure (Another in a Series Since 1.20.25)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 78. Sunrise is 6:30 and sunset is 7:11 for 12 hours 41 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 2001, nineteen members of al-Qaeda execute the September 11 attacks, a series of…
America, Daily Bread, Economy, War
Daily Bread for 9.8.26: So America Didn’t Win This War in April?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 82. Sunrise is 6:27 and sunset is 7:17 for 12 hours 50 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 8.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Public Works Committee meets at 5 PM and the Whitewater School District’s…
America, Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 9.7.26: Wisconsin, Dependent on Canadian Trade, Braces for More Tariffs
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Labor Day in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 80. Sunrise is 6:26 and sunset is 7:18 for 12 hours 53 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 15.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1776, Ezra Lee makes the world’s first submarine attack in the Turtle,…
Agriculture, Daily Bread, Economy, Wisconsin, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 9.5.26: Wisconsin Dairy Farms Drop Below 5,000 for First Time
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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…