Correspondent Mike Boettcher reported from, and later produced a documentary, The Hornet’s Nest, about American soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. The VOA reports about his film, and below in this post I’ve embedded the documentary film’s trailer. Remember. That is the message delivered by war correspondent Mike Boettcher in his gritty documentary ‘The Hornet’s…
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Holiday
Happy Mother’s Day
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Animation, Cartoons & Comics, Holiday
Sunday Cartoon: Easter Yeggs
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Daily Bread, Holiday
Daily Bread for 4.20.14
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Good morning and Happy Easter. Easter Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of seventy-five, with southwest winds at ten to fifteen mph. Pope Francis delivered his Easter message earlier today, recorded and now online: On this day in 1836, Wisconsin’s oldest library is first founded: 1836 – Oldest Library in the…
Holiday, Poll
Friday Poll: Favorite Easter Candy, 2014 Edition
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Holiday, Poll
Friday Poll: Valentine’s Day Gifts
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This week’s Friday poll falls on Valentine’s Day, and so a Valentine’s Day question seems nearly obligatory. Last year’s poll for the holiday asked if there might still be a place for flowers and candy on Valentine’s Day (86.21% of respondents said yes). This year, I’ll ask about different gift items, with multiple answers to…
Animals, Holiday, Weather
Happy Groundhog Day 2014
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Holiday, Religion
Merry Christmas
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Animals, Holiday
A Dog’s Christmas Gift
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Film: Mr. Christmas
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Beautiful Whitewater, Holiday
Whitewater’s 2013 Holly Days Lighted Parade
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Food, Holiday
The Best Way to Take the Temperature of a Turkey (or Any Other Bird)
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History, Holiday
Happy Thanksgiving
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From the earliest European settlers to our continent, and by the efforts of several presidents and intervening generations, Thanksgiving comes to us. (Along these lines, see Nathan Raab’s When Was The Real First Thanksgiving? That Depends.) For today, here’s George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of October 3, 1789: By the President of the United States of…
