Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be windy with afternoon thundershowers and a high of 65. Sunrise is 6:46 AM and sunset 6:45 PM for 11h 59m 24s of daytime. The moon is new with 0.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1237, England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing…
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Daily Bread for 9.1.22: Putin Loves an Open Window
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with high of 86. Sunrise is 6:20 AM and sunset 7:28 PM for 13h 07m 57s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 26.1% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight…
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Daily Bread for 5.2.22: The Short Distance Between Whitewater and the Kremlin
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 55. Sunrise is 5:46 AM and sunset 7:57 PM for 14h 11m 02s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 2.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 2012, a pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in…
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Daily Bread for 4.27.22: How Putin Conned the Right
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 44. Sunrise is 5:53 AM and sunset 7:51 PM for 13h 58m 27s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 11.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1945, Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting to escape disguised as a…
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Daily Bread for 4.9.22: Germany’s Failed Approach to Russia
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 46. Sunrise is 6:21 AM and sunset 7:30 PM for 13h 09m 31s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 52.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1959, NASA announces the selection of the United States’ first seven astronauts,…
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Daily Bread for 4.3.22: BBC Reports Evidence Points to War Crimes on Road Outside Kyiv
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 45. Sunrise is 6:31 AM and sunset 7:24 PM for 12h 52m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 5.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1865, Union forces capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. . The Russian…
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Daily Bread for 3.21.22: Putin’s Torrent of Lies
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 71. Sunrise is 6:54 AM and sunset 7:09 PM for 12h 14m 36s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 88.1% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Library Board meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1965, Martin Luther King…
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Daily Bread for 2.28.22: Free Markets Bring Prosperity and Peace, but Putin Chooses War and Poverty
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 44. Sunrise is 6:30 AM and sunset 5:43 PM for 11h 13m 31s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 6.3% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM, and the Whitewater School Board goes into closed session…
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Daily Bread for 2.27.22: Ronald Harold, Donald John, and Vladimir Vladimirovich
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 37. Sunrise is 6:32 AM and sunset 5:42 PM for 11h 10m 39s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 11.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1904, Wisconsin’s second state capitol burns: On this date fire destroyed the…
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Daily Bread for 2.26.22: Ukrainian Civilians Defend Their Country from Putin’s Army
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
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Daily Bread for 2.16.22: Of Putin and Threats Closer to Home
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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 48. Sunrise is 6:48 AM and sunset 5:28 PM for 10h 39m 43s of daytime. The moon is full with 100% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1960, the U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut,…
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National Reporting on Sen. Ron Johnson
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Wisconsin’s political events have had more national attention over the last decade than the politics of similarly-sized states, but then we’ve had a worse politics than states of similar size. In the Washington Post, there’s a lengthy story about Sen. Ron Johnson that’s well worth reading in full. Michael Kranish, Mike DeBonis and Karoun Demirjian…