Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 59. Sunrise is 5:34 and sunset is 8:08 for 14 hours 34 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 15 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, enslaved Southerner Robert Smalls steals the steamboat Planter, spirits it through Confederate lines and…
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America, City, Daily Bread, Economy, Tariffs, War
Daily Bread for 5.12.26: ‘Bipartisan’ Has Lost Meaning as a Useful Term
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy and windy with scattered showers and a high of 73. Sunrise is 5:35 and sunset is 8:07 for 14 hours 32 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 24 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Public Works Committee meets at 5:15 PM and…
Daily Bread, War
Daily Bread for 5.3.26: Shorter than the Vietnam and Iraq Wars Isn’t a Selling Point
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 66. Sunrise is 5:46 and sunset is 7:57 for 14 hours 11 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 96.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1715, a total solar eclipse is visible across northern Europe and northern…
Agriculture, Daily Bread, Economy, War
Daily Bread for 4.14.26: Effects of Trade War and the Iran War Reach All the Way to Midwestern Soybean Farmers
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see scattered evening thundershowers with a high of 77. Sunrise is 6:14 and sunset is 7:36 for 13 hours 22 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 10.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Innovation Center Advisory Panel meets at 8:30 AM and Whitewater’s…
Daily Bread, War
Daily Bread for 3.30.26: Proof Still Matters Beyond Country Clubs and Golf Courses
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 75. Sunrise is 6:40 and sunset is 7:18 for 12 hours 38 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 93.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Plan & Architectural Review Commission meets at 6 PM and the Library Board…
City, Daily Bread, Economy, Trump, War
Daily Bread for 3.13.26: Growth Revised Down, Core Inflation Up
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 43. Sunrise is 7:10 and sunset is 6:59 for 11 hours 49 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 29.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1930, the Lowell Observatory announces Clyde Tombaugh‘s discovery of Pluto. Embed…
Daily Bread, Economy, War
Daily Bread for 3.12.26: Works Best If You Own Exxon Mobil
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 43. Sunrise is 7:12 and sunset is 6:57 for 11 hours 45 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 38.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Commission meets at 5:30 PM. On this day…
America, Daily Bread, History, Military, War
Daily Bread for 6.6.24: D-Day, Eighty Years On
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning.
Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 70. Sunrise is 5:16 and sunset 8:31 for 15h 14m 24s of daytime. The moon is new with none of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Committee meets at 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1944, Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, begins with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies would land on five invasion beaches and were pushing inland.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer, Broadcast on June 6, 1944:
Daily Bread, Russia, Ukraine, War, War Crimes
Daily Bread for 6.3.23: Someday This War Will Be Over
by JOHN ADAMS •
Daily Bread, Libertarians, Putin, Russia, Trump, War
Daily Bread for 2.25.23: Supporting Ukraine
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 38. Sunrise is 6:35 AM and sunset 5:39 PM for 11h 04m 15s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 32.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1948, in a coup d’état led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia…
Daily Bread, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, War
Daily Bread for 2.10.23: Russia One Year Later
by JOHN ADAMS •
Daily Bread, Libertarians, Press, Radio, Russia, Ukraine, War
Daily Bread for 1.24.23: A Role for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 37. Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset 4:58 PM for 9h 41m 58s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 10.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6:30 PM and the Police & Fire Commission meets at 7 PM.…
Art, Daily Bread, Russia, Ukraine, War
Daily Bread for 1.14.23: After Russia Kills, It Steals
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be increasingly sunny with a high of 35. Sunrise is 7:22 AM and sunset 4:45 PM for 9h 22m 59s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 55.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1952, NBC‘s long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave…