Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 30. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:35 PM for 9h 09m 40s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 4.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1923, Milton College president A.E. Whitford bans dancing by students in off-campus, semi-public…
Local Government
Big Lie, Constitution, Daily Bread, Law, League of Women Voters, Liberal Democracy, Local Government, Mendacity, School District
Daily Bread for 1.3.22: The Dishonesty of Whitewater’s Local Politics
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 18. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:34 PM for 9h 08m 38s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1957, the Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. The New…
Daily Bread, Local Government, Politics
Daily Bread for 11.20.21: ‘Polarization’ Is Evasion
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 47. Sunrise is 6:54 AM and sunset 4:27 PM for 9h 32m 42s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 98.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1859, Milwaukee sees its first baseball game: An impromptu game of…
Constitution, Daily Bread, Law, Liberal Democracy, Local Government, Politics
Daily Bread for 11.16.21: Not Only in Washington, and Not Only Journalists
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 50. Sunrise is 6:49 AM and sunset 4:30 PM for 9h 40m 41s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 92.6% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board’s Policy Review Committee meets at 9 AM and the Whitewater Common Council…
City, Conservative Populism, Daily Bread, Local Government, Politics, School District
Daily Bread for 10.27.21: Rebecca Kleefisch’s Republican ‘Mercenaries’
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 58. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 5:53 PM for 10h 28m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 63% of its visible disk illuminated. The Technology Park Board meets at 8 AM. On this day in 1961, NASA tests…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Local Government, Politics, School District
Daily Bread for 10.25.21: Late in the Day Even for Sociability
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset 5:55 PM for 10h 34m 08s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 79.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM, the Community Development Authority Seed Capital Committee meets…
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Daily Bread for 10.24.21: The Otters of Singapore Offer a Lesson for Whitewater, Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 51. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset 5:57 PM for 10h 36m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 86.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1946, a camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket [from White Sands…
Local Government, Medicine, Public Health, School District
Daily Bread for 9.27.21: Good Public Health Policy is True Optimism
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 86. Sunrise is 6:48 AM and sunset 6:41 PM for 11h 52m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 64.9% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM, Downtown Whitewater’s Board of Directors meets…
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Daily Bread for 9.26.21: The Vaccine Divide and the Economic Divide
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 82. Sunrise is 6:47 AM and sunset 6:43 PM for 11h 55m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 73% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1789, George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary…
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Conservative Populism, Culture, Education, Horde, Local Government, Never Trump, Politics, Right-wing Populism, School District, Trumpism
(Local) Fear of a Red Hat
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
There are any number of fears that occasionally grip people, however unfounded those fears, of snakes, of spiders, of black cats, etc. (Snakes play an important ecological role, some cultures think spiders are good luck, and black cats are beautiful with notably soft coats.) And yet, and yet… no fear strikes deeper and holds tighter…
City, Housing, Local Government, Police, Press
Broken Policymaking Over a Voucher Program
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Whitewater has a local government that taxes and legislates, and that hires officials who exercise authority over the city’s residents, in a nine-square-mile area. Our local government has its own municipal building, in which it holds regular public meetings, and in which officials can talk to each other and residents in person, by email, text,…
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Competition: Good for Individuals and Society
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Pres. Biden plans measures to increase market competition. David Leonhardt reports Biden’s New Push (‘The U.S. economy suffers from a lack of competition. President Biden wants to change that’): The U.S. economy has been less dynamic in the 21st century, by many measures, than it was in the late 20th century. Fewer new businesses are starting.…
City, Local Government, Never Trump, Politics, School District, Trumpism, Whitewater's Local Politics 2021
Whither the Conservative Populists?
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
In places big and small, including Whitewater, there are three main types of conservatives: traditional, transactional, and populist. (Right-wing populist in our time is mostly a euphemism for Trumpist.) Of these types, only the right-wing populists are a dynamic movement. Traditional conservatives each day look more like large reptiles after a cataclysmic meteor strike, and…