Here’s the FREE WHITEWATER list of the scariest things in Whitewater for 2008. Last year’s edition is available for comparison. The list runs in reverse order, from mildly frightening to horrifying. 10. Nostalgia. Why is it necessary to describe everything today as a reminder of what some small, humble person in town did forty three…

Patriot Day, 2008 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America September 11, 2001, was etched into America’s memory when 19 terrorists attacked us with barbarity unequaled in our history. On Patriot Day, we cherish the memory of the thousands of innocent victims lost, extend our thoughts and prayers to their families,…

National WWII Memorial Photograph by Richard Latoff

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll…

It’s Lincoln’s birthday today, and it offers us the moment to consider that singularly great man. The true advocate of freedom respects and admires Lincoln. (See, for example, Timothy Sandefur’s Liberty and Union, Now and Forever.) Lincoln visited Wisconsin, and delivered a speech before our agricultural society in September of 1859. The speech addressed particular…

Today is a different, but characteristically American, holiday. It’s secular, not religious, but like so many great American occasions, it honors someone serious, intelligent, and religious. The day is not to everyone’s liking, but there I am convinced the fault lies in those who dislike it. One often hears small bits of King’s renowned speech…

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with…

Here’s the FREE WHITEWATER list of the scariest things in Whitewater. I’ll start in reverse order, from least frightening to super-scary. 10. Fear of Outsiders. You’d think that Milwaukee and Madison were Lord-of-the-Flies nightmares. If you’re describing someone from another country, you might as well be describing an extraterrestrial. It’s not that they’re scary, it’s…

Labor Day became a national holiday in 1894. Lincoln, right about so many things, was right about labor: Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.…

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