Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 58. Sunrise is 6:49 AM and sunset 6:40 PM for 11h 50m 44s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 7.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks & Recreation Board meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1781,…
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Daily Bread for 9.27.22: Housing Opportunity and Opportunity’s Adversaries
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 56. Sunrise is 6:48 AM and sunset 6:42 PM for 11h 53m 38s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 2.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1777, Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes…
Babbittry, City, Corporate Welfare, Culture, Daily Bread, Economy, Free Markets, Local Government
Daily Bread for 9.26.22: Up from Business to Markets
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 60. Sunrise is 6:47 AM and sunset 6:44 PM for 11h 56m 31s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM, and the Whitewater Unified School District’s board…
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Daily Bread for 9.22.22: The Next Morning
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with high of 61. Sunrise is 6:43 AM and sunset 6:51 PM for 12h 08m 03s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 11% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 904, the warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of…
Daily Bread, Government Spending, Insurance, Local Government, Open Government, School District
Daily Bread for 9.19.22: Insurance is No Assurance
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with high of 77. Sunrise is 6:39 AM and sunset 6:56 PM for 12h 16m 42s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 35.3% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Library Board meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1796, George Washington’s Farewell Address…
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Daily Bread for 9.13.22: A Feature of Democracy Applicable Everywhere, Including Whitewater, Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with high of 73. Sunrise is 6:33 AM and sunset 7:07 PM for 12h 33m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 88.6% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School District’s Board goes into closed session, not to reconvene, at 5 PM. …
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Daily Bread for 9.10.22: A Report on the Starin Park Water Tower
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see scatted afternoon showers with high of 79. Sunrise is 6:30 AM and sunset 7:12 PM for 12h 42m 30s of daytime. The moon is full with all of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1813, the United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie…
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Daily Bread for 9.8.22: On Immigrants and Community Relations
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with high of 82. Sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset 7:16 PM for 12h 48m 12s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 94.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1966, the landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired…
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Daily Bread for 9.7.22: Whitewater’s Hiring Process for a City Manager
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with high of 80. Sunrise is 6:27 AM and sunset 7:18 PM for 12h 51m 02s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 88.4% of its visible disk illuminated. During the Revolutionary War on this day in 1778, France successfully invades Dominica in the British West…
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Daily Bread for 9.6.22: The Boosters’ Big Capital but Small Society
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with high of 76. Sunrise is 6:25 AM and sunset 7:19 PM for 12h 53m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 79.9% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1803, British scientist John…
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Daily Bread for 9.5.22: The Grandiose
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Labor Day in Whitewater will be party sunny with high of 74. Sunrise is 6:24 AM and sunset 7:21 PM for 12h 56m 42s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 69.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1942, the Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major…
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Daily Bread for 8.29.22: Trumpism’s Threats of Force and Ruin
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with high of 84. Sunrise is 6:17 AM and sunset 7:33 PM for 13h 16m 18s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 5.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1997, Netflix is launches as…
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Daily Bread for 8.25.22: Speech, Factions, and Persuasion Over the Referendums
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will see morning rain and scattered afternoon thundershowers with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:13 AM and sunset 7:40 PM for 13h 27m 17s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 3.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1609, Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to…
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Daily Bread for 8.19.22: Residency Matters, Practically and Ethically
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:06 AM and sunset 7:49 PM for 13h 43m 24s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 45.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1812, the American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast…