Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 91. Sunrise is 6:20 and sunset is 7:27 for 13 hours 7 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 69.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1945, after…
Wisconsin
Daily Bread, Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.29.26: Rising Imports and Falling Exports Show Yet Another Foreseeable Failure of Tariffs
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see afternoon thunderstorms with a high of 78. Sunrise is 6:16 and sunset is 7:34 for 13 hours 18 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 97.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida…
Budget, Daily Bread, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.28.26: $3,000,000,000.00
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, City, Daily Bread, Education, University, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.27.26: The Value of a UW-Whitewater Education (And of Other Schools Across this Continent)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:14 and sunset is 7:37 for 13 hours 23 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 99.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1832, Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk, surrenders to U.S.…
Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Housing, Populists, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.24.26: Federal Government Moves Away from Effective Approach to Homelessness
by JOHN ADAMS •
Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Tariffs, Trade, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.23.26: A Trade War with Wisconsin’s Largest Foreign Partner
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 74. Sunrise is 6:10 and sunset is 7:44 for 13 hours 34 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 80.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1966, Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit…
Daily Bread, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.22.26: Building a Birch Bark Canoe with Centuries-Old Techniques
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see clouds, sun, and scattered afternoon thundershowers with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:08 and sunset is 7:45 for 13 hours 37 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 72.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1963, X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest…
Business, Corporate Welfare, Daily Bread, Development, Laws/Regulations, Litigation, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.21.26: Oracle Never Deserved a Credit-Rating Exception
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see clouds, sun, and a few thunderstorms with a high of 76. Sunrise is 6:07 and sunset is 7:47 for 13 hours 40 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 64.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee,…
Cats, Wisconsin
Friday Catblogging: Wisconsin Cat Has a World-Record 29 Toes
by JOHN ADAMS •
Daily Bread, Health, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.15.26: Making Wisconsin Sick Again
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:01 and sunset is 7:56 for 13 hours 55 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 10.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1945, Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender…
City, Daily Bread, Elections, Gubernatorial Race 2026, Politics, Poll, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.14.26: On Local Election Results and Statewide Election Polling
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see a mixture of clouds and sun with a high of 81. Sunrise is 6:00 and sunset is 7:58 for 13 hours 58 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 4.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1941, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill…
America, Bad Ideas, City, Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Special Interests, Tom Tiffany, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.13.26: Stagflation Returns
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 76. Sunrise is 5:59 and sunset is 7:59 for 14 hours 0 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board’s Human Resources Committee meets at 5 PM. On this day…
Daily Bread, David Crowley, Elections, Gubernatorial Race 2026, Never Trump, Tom Tiffany, Trump, Wisconsin, WisDems, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 8.12.26: The Most Important — and Encouraging — Number from the Wisconsin Gubernatorial Primary
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:58 and sunset is 8:01 for 14 hours 3 minutes of daylight. The moon will be new today with none of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1960, NASA launches Echo 1A, its first successful communications satellite.…
Daily Bread, Federal Government, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.11.26: Requesting FEMA Aid After Deadly Fox Valley Tornado
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see thunderstorms with a high of 79. Sunrise is 5:57 and sunset is 8:02 for 14 hours 5 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 2.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Public Works Committee meets at 5 PM. On this day in 1942, actress Hedy…