Just a few quick housekeeping items, and a look ahead to features at this site in 2013. Advertising. Two of my sites run advertising (Daily Adams, Daily Wisconsin), but FREE WHITEWATER, as I’ve mentioned before, never will. There’s nothing wrong with advertising, of course, but running advertising in a small town would limit a site’s…

Good morning. It’s a partly sunny Saturday for Whitewater, with a high of thirty-one. On this day in 1849, the John Froelich scarcely known but yet a significant inventor, was born: John Froelich, the inventor of the first internal-combustion traction motor, or tractor, is born on this day in Girard, Iowa. At the end of the…

This song is certainly an acquired taste:

Good morning. Whitewater’s Saturday forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of seventy-four. On this day in 1991, diehard Soviet leaders launched a coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. But it was Boris Yeltsin, not Gorbachev, who defeated the plotters: Yeltsin and his backers from the Russian parliament then stepped in, calling on the…

Good morning. In Whitewater, it’s more like winter again: sunny and thirty-five.  In Maui, it’s nothing like winter: sunny and seventy-five. Whitewater’s Police Commission meets today, at 6 PM. On this day in 1943, the Battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory over Japan. A New York Times headline nicely described the result: “Guadalcanal Is Ours.”…

Well, no argument here. I don’t think it will happen (it’s been quite the opposite, really), but it would be a good thing, for Republicans and America, if it did.

Would it be right to shoot a Sasquatch, if one found that long-sought-after creature? Over at Live Science, they ask if shooting one might be a necessary, definitive way to determine if Big Foot exists: But even the highest-quality photograph or video can’t be considered definitive proof of Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or any…

Former GOP governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson declared officially today for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination. He never caught on as a GOP presidential candidate, but then he’s closer to LP positions than those of the Republican party. He’s not a household name, but his two terms as the governor of New Mexico assures…