Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 66. Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset 6:07 PM for 10h 56m 00s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 90.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1931, Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion. Clare Amari…
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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 • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 55. Sunrise is 7:09 AM and sunset 6:11 PM for 11h 01m 35s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 74.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1956, FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the…
Coronavirus, Daily Bread, Law, Litigation, Public Health, School District
Daily Bread for 10.12.21: Parent of sick student sues after Waukesha School District ends many pandemic mitigation efforts
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 69. Sunrise is 7:06 AM and sunset 6:16 PM for 11h 10m 01s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 42.1% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM, and the city’s Public Works Committee meets at…
Bad Ideas, Crime, Daily Bread, Law
Daily Bread for 10.11.21: Whitewater Schools Use Pandemic Funds for Artificial Turf
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will see afternoon thundershowers with a high of 77. Sunrise is 7:04 AM and sunset 6:17 PM for 11h 12m 51s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 31.3% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1767, surveying for the Mason–Dixon…
Bad Ideas, Crime, Daily Bread, Law
Daily Bread for 10.10.21: Candidate for Wisconsin’s Worst Legal Argument of the Year
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with showers and a high of 78. Sunrise is 7:03 AM and sunset 6:19 PM for 11h 15m 41s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 21.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1973, U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged…
Assault Awareness & Prevention, City, Daily Bread, Law, Litigation, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 10.8.21: Ex-student Stephanie Vander Pas sues for failure of UW-Whitewater to protect her and others from sexual harassment by former chancellor’s husband
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see scattered showers with a high of 72. Sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset 6:22 PM for 11h 21m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 5.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1871, fire destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin: Peshtigo, Wisconsin was devastated by a…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Fair Maps, Gerrymandering, Law
Daily Bread for 9.23.21: But Whose New Maps for Wisconsin?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 68. Sunrise is 6:44 AM and sunset 6:49 PM for 12h 04m 28s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 93.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1889, Nintendo Koppai…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Fair Maps, Gerrymandering, Law
Daily Bread for 9.22.21: New Political Maps for Wisconsin by March?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Wednesday sees the beginning of Fall in Whitewater with mostly sunny skies and a high of 65. Sunrise is 6:43 AM and sunset 6:50 PM for 12h 07m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 97.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, Pres. Lincoln issues the Emancipation…
Daily Bread, Elections, Law, Legislature
Daily Bread for 9.21.21: Gableman Requests an Inquisition
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see scattered showers this morning on an otherwise cloudy day with a high of 69. Sunrise is 6:42 AM and sunset 6:52 PM for 12h 10m 14s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99.6% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM.…
Books, Culture, Daily Bread, Education, Fact Checking, Law, Medicine, Populists, Reading, Reasoning, Right-wing Populism, School District, Science/Nature
Daily Bread for 9.7.21: Formation, General
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see morning thundershowers with a high of 78. Sunrise is 6:27 AM and sunset 7:17 PM, for 12h 50m 22s of daytime. The moon is new with 0.3% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1776, according to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee…
Daily Bread, Ethics, Free Markets, Law, Medicine, Misconduct, Police
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…
Culture, Law, Liberty
Thin-Skinned in Whitefish Bay (and Places Nearer and Farther)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
There’s a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about complaints against public speech in Whitefish Bay that’s illustrative of threats to free speech in small towns, including Whitewater. In Whitefish Bay, a group called Bay Bridge placed an anti-racism sign in a designated space at the public library. The sign drew the ire of some Whitefish…
America, Crime, Insurrection, Justice, Law, Sen. Ron Johnson
Country Over Party
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Courts, Crime, Law, Wisconsin
Probably Not the Headline the Wisconsin Supreme Court Wanted
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Todd Richmond of the Associated Press reports Former drug smuggler can practice law in Wisconsin, state Supreme Court rules: The 4-3 ruling reverses a decision from the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners to block Abby Padlock from becoming an attorney in the state. According to court documents, Padlock became a drug smuggler to earn money so…