Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 18. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 4:27 PM for 9h 02m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 14.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1944, George S. Patton’s Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded…
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Daily Bread, Ethics, Law, Misconduct, Trump
Daily Bread for 12.23.22: Bad, Bad Advice
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cold with a high of -1. Sunrise is 7:23 AM and sunset 4:25 PM for 9h 01m 55s of daytime. The moon is a new with 0.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1783, George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland…
Business, CDA, City, Conflicts of Interest, Daily Bread, Ethics, Michels, Regulatory Capture, Special Interests
Daily Bread for 10.10.22: He Won’t Divest — He’ll Only Say He Has
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 67. Sunrise is 7:03 AM and sunset 6:19 PM for 11h 16m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1492, the crew of Christopher…
Big Lie, Daily Bread, Elections, Ethics, Law, Litigation, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 9.4.22: Wisconsin Lawyers Under Fire for Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will see a mix of clouds and sunshine with high of 70. Sunrise is 6:23 AM and sunset 7:23 PM for 12h 59m 32s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 59.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 476, Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims…
Conservative Populism, Culture, Daily Bread, Ethics, Law, Liberal Democracy, Never Trump, Politics, Reading, Religion, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 8.22.22: Of David French, Traditions, and Examples
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:09 AM and sunset 7:45 PM for 13h 35m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 20.4% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School Board goes into closed session shortly after 6 PM, and resumes…
Daily Bread, Ethics, Federal Government, Kakistocracy, Trump, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 8.4.22: Homeland Security Watchdog Needs Watching
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:50 AM and sunset 8:11 PM for 14h 20m 52s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 39.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1914, in response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the…
Daily Bread, Ethics, Sen. Ron Johnson, Taxes/Taxation, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 7.12.22: Ron Johnson’s Cash Payments to His Staffer-Friend
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:28 AM and sunset 8:32 PM for 15h 04m 35s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 97.5% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 4 PM and the city’s Public Works Committee meets at 6…
Courts, Daily Bread, Ethics, Law
Daily Bread for 6.19.22: Gableman Earned His Referral to the Office of Lawyer Regulation
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Father’s Day in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:16 AM and sunset 8:36 PM for 15h 20m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 67.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas are officially informed of their freedom.…
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…
Daily Bread, Ethics, Liberty, Public Health, Reasoning, Religion, Vaccines
Daily Bread for 9.6.21: Formation, Moral
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Labor Day in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 78. Sunrise is 6:26 AM and sunset 7:19 PM, for 12h 53m 11s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 0.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 2008, the federal government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing…
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Daily Bread for 8.21.21: Hundreds of Wisconsin Police Officers Back on the Job after Being Fired or Forced Out
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be variably cloudy with scattered thunderstorms and a high of 81. Sunrise is 6:08 AM and sunset 7:46 PM, for 13h 37m 26s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1911, the Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo…
America, Ethics, Legislation, Liberty, Music, Politics, Wisconsin, WISGOP
The Party Demands Unity
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
One reads that WISGOP Bill Would Make It Illegal For Sports Venues to Skip National Anthem: It would be illegal for some sports venues to skip the national anthem before games under a new bill proposed by a Republican legislator. Stevens Point Republican Sen. Patrick Testin’s Star Spangled Banner Act, proposed Wednesday, would require the anthem…
Babbittry, Boosterism, City, Conflicts of Interest, Culture, Ethics, Local Government, Never Trump, That Which Paved the Way, Trump, Trumpism
Before Man & Movement, That Which Paved the Way
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Trump did not spring from the ground; he did not fall from the stars. Neither horticulture nor astrophysics played any role in his rise. Before Trump and Trumpism, there were towns and cities into which he and his movement found receptive audiences. Patients already ill are often susceptible of worse maladies. So it has been…