Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 15. Sunrise is 7:19 AM and sunset 4:52 PM for 9h 32m 21s of daytime. The moon is waning gibbous with 97.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1983, the Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to…
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Boosterism, Daily Bread, Education, School District, Toxic Positivity
Daily Bread for 1.16.22: Wisconsin Educational Issues Over the Next Ten Months
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 23. Sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset 4:48 PM for 9h 26m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1883, Congress enacts the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States…
Bad Ideas, Confidence Schemes, Daily Bread, Government Spending, Local Government, School District
Daily Bread for 1.4.22: Theranos? Yeah, We Have a Few…
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
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…
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, Education, School District
Daily Bread for 12.31.21: Educational Movements Destructive or Ineffectual
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 34. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:31 PM for 9h 05m 58s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 6.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1879, Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time,…
Daily Bread, Education, School District
Daily Bread for 12.30.21: The DPI Report Card for the Whitewater School District
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 34. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:30 PM for 9h 05m 13s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 14.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1916, Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin…
Daily Bread, Education, School District
Daily Bread for 12.29.21: Four Perspectives on the Whitewater Schools
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 29. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:29 PM for 9h 04m 32s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 23.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1812, the USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java…
City, Daily Bread, Fire Dept, Government Spending, School District
Daily Bread for 12.28.21: Fire & Rescue
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see snow or freezing rain with a high of 35. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 4:28 PM for 9h 03m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 34.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1967, American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman…
City, Coronavirus, Daily Bread, Ignorance, Positivity, Public Health, School District, Willful Ignorance, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 12.13.21: ‘Most’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 46. Sunrise is 7:17 AM and sunset 4:21 PM for 9h 03m 32s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 73.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Committee meets at 12 PM, and her Planning Commission meets at 6 PM.…
Books, Daily Bread, Education, School District
Daily Bread for 11.8.21: The War on Books
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 66. Sunrise is 6:39 AM and sunset 4:37 PM for 9h 58m 31s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 18.2% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1895, while experimenting with electricity,…
Conservative Populism, Daily Bread, Education, Recall, School District
Daily Bread for 11.4.21: How Mequon-Thiensville Residents Saved Their Schools
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 48. Sunrise is 7:34 AM and sunset 5:42 PM for 10h 08m 18s of daytime. The moon is new with 0.2% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1956, Soviet troops enter Hungary to…
Conservative Populism, Daily Bread, Education, Recall, School District
Daily Bread for 11.3.21: Mequon-Thiensville School District Rejects Recall
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 43. Sunrise is 7:33 AM and sunset 5:43 PM for 10h 10m 47s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 2014, One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City,…
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…