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…
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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 • • 1 Comment
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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 • • 4 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 • • 4 Comments
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Daily Bread for 10.27.21: Rebecca Kleefisch’s Republican ‘Mercenaries’
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
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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 10.18.21: UW System Vacancies and New Hires
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 7:13 AM and sunset 6:06 PM for 10h 53m 14s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 95.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Library Board meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1851, Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is…