Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 23. Sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset 4:48 PM for 9h 26m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1883, Congress enacts the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States…
Education
Daily Bread, Education, School District
Daily Bread for 12.31.21: Educational Movements Destructive or Ineffectual
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 34. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:31 PM for 9h 05m 58s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 6.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1879, Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time,…
Daily Bread, Education, School District
Daily Bread for 12.30.21: The DPI Report Card for the Whitewater School District
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 34. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:30 PM for 9h 05m 13s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 14.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1916, Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin…
Daily Bread, Education, School District
Daily Bread for 12.29.21: Four Perspectives on the Whitewater Schools
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 29. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:29 PM for 9h 04m 32s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 23.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1812, the USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java…
Books, Daily Bread, Education, School District
Daily Bread for 11.8.21: The War on Books
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 66. Sunrise is 6:39 AM and sunset 4:37 PM for 9h 58m 31s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 18.2% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1895, while experimenting with electricity,…
Daily Bread, Education, Marketing, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 11.5.21: Marketing Won’t Revive UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 52. Sunrise is 7:35 AM and sunset 5:41 PM for 10h 05m 51s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, Abraham Lincoln justifiably removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army…
Conservative Populism, Daily Bread, Education, Recall, School District
Daily Bread for 11.4.21: How Mequon-Thiensville Residents Saved Their Schools
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 48. Sunrise is 7:34 AM and sunset 5:42 PM for 10h 08m 18s of daytime. The moon is new with 0.2% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1956, Soviet troops enter Hungary to…
Conservative Populism, Daily Bread, Education, Recall, School District
Daily Bread for 11.3.21: Mequon-Thiensville School District Rejects Recall
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Daily Bread, Education, School District, University, UW Madison, UW System
Daily Bread for 10.18.21: UW System Vacancies and New Hires
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 7:13 AM and sunset 6:06 PM for 10h 53m 14s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 95.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Library Board meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1851, Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is…
Daily Bread, Education, Freedom of Speech, Gender, School District, Sexual Orientation
Daily Bread for 10.16.21: Waukesha School District bans LGBTQ+ and other signs
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 58. Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset 6:09 PM for 10h 58m 48s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 83.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1780, the Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing…
Assault Awareness & Prevention, Daily Bread, Education, Harassment, Indolence, Law, Litigation, Misconduct, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 10.15.21: From UW-Whitewater’s Administration, Too Many and Too Few Words
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Daily Bread, Education, History, Ignorance, Medicine, Public Health, Vaccines
Daily Bread for 10.14.21: Ignorance and Fanaticism Threaten Mequon-Thiensville
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 69. Sunrise is 7:08 AM and sunset 6:12 PM for 11h 04m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 64.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt is shot in…
City, Constitution, Daily Bread, Education, Ethics, History, Insurrection, Politics, Right-wing Populism, School District, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 10.4.21: The Basis of a Civics Syllabus for Whitewater’s Schools
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will see scattered showers with a high of 68. Sunrise is 6:56 AM and sunset 6:29 PM for 11h 32m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 5.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1957, Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Education, Ethics, Religion, Right-wing Populism, Trumpism, Vaccines
Daily Bread for 10.3.21: Trumpism as a ‘God and Country Lifestyle Brand’
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will see scattered thundershowers with a high of 74. Sunrise is 6:55 AM and sunset 6:31 PM for 11h 35m 40s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 10.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1990, the German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the…