Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be windy, with morning showers and a high of 61. Sunrise is 7:35 AM and sunset 5:41 PM for 10h 06m 26s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 91.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1872, in defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony…
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Daily Bread, Foreign Affairs, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, War
Daily Bread for 10.8.22: The Kerch Bridge
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 57. Sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset 6:23 PM for 11h 24m 55s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 97.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1871, the Peshtigo Fire devastates a Wisconsin community: On this date Peshtigo,…
Daily Bread, History, War
Daily Bread for 6.6.22: D-Day, Seventy-Eight Years On
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 70. Sunrise is 5:16 AM and sunset 8:30 PM for 15h 13m 57s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 38.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1944, Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, begins with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred…
Daily Bread, Fascism, Language, Russia, Ukraine, War
Daily Bread for 4.25.22: ‘Ruscism’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 45. Sunrise is 5:56 AM and sunset 7:49 PM for 13h 53m 16s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 28.2% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School Board meets in open session at 5:45 PM, then enters closed…
Bad Ideas, Daily Bread, Foreign Affairs, Putin, War
Daily Bread for 4.9.22: Germany’s Failed Approach to Russia
by JOHN ADAMS •
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,…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Foreign Affairs, Freedom of Speech, Tantrums, War
Daily Bread for 3.3.22: A Ukrainian Family Prepares for War in Kyiv
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 33. Sunrise is 6:25 AM and sunset 5:47 PM for 11h 22m 10s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.9% its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM, and Whitewater Fire Department, Inc. holds a business meeting at…
Daily Bread, History, Terrorism, War
Daily Bread for 9.11.21: Twenty Years Later
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 90. Sunrise is 6:31 AM and sunset 7:10 PM, for 12h 38m 58s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 24.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day twenty years ago, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks kills 2,977 people using…
America, Foreign Affairs, War
McCain on the CIA Torture Report
by JOHN ADAMS •
Goodness knows libertarians have had countless differences with Sen. John McCain, on domestic and foreign policy. We could have no disagreement, however, with his condemnation of the CIA’s use of torture for interrogation of America’s enemies. Our politics – including the acknowledgment of our own ethical failures -should be of the highest standards. To use…