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Friday Catblogging: Cat Owner Justified in Evicting Girlfriend

There are many questions for which, after careful consideration, there is no certain answer. There are others, like the question raised in the tragedy below, in which there is greater moral certitude. Consider a tale from Reddit in which a cat owner’s girlfriend mistreated his cat, leading him to evict the girlfriend from his house:…

Daily Bread for 10.21.21: If Beauty Assured Justice, All Wisconsin Would Be Fair

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 54.  Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset 6:01 PM for 10h 44m 58s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 99.3% of its visible disk illuminated.  The Whitewater School District’s Policy Review Committee meets at 9 AM, Whitewater’s Community Involvement &…

‘A New Generation Challenges the Heartland’

 Last July, Tim Craig and Aaron Williams reported A new generation challenges the heartland (‘Big changes in small towns are fueling a racial justice movement across the Midwest’). They wrote last summer that The number of young people of color living in the Midwest has surged over the past decade, as the older white population…

Meanwhile, on Facebook…

Jeremy B. Merrill and Jamiles Lartey report Trump’s Crime and Carnage Ad Blitz Is Going Unanswered on Facebook (‘The president has spent millions on misleading Facebook ads targeting undecided voters, while Joe Biden has been virtually silent’): With unprecedented protests around race and policing dominating the news all summer, it was all but certain criminal justice would emerge as a key…

Whitewater School Board Meeting, 8.24.20: 5 Points

At last night’s meeting of the Whitewater Unified School District’s board, the board heard, among other items, a report on summer school, a report on the district’s use of seclusion and restraint, approved unanimously a new metric the district will use to determine its next instructional plan beginning September 28th, and held a budget hearing.…