Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 70. Sunrise is 5:24 and sunset is 8:19 for 14 hours 55 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 51.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1949, the Basic Law establishing a new German state, the Federal…
Wisconsin
Daily Bread, Gubernatorial Race 2026, Politics, Populists, Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 5.17.26: The WISGOP Knows What Its Base Wants
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:30 and sunset is 8:13 for 14 hours 43 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board…
Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.16.26: Wisconsin Is Crawlin’ with Lizards and Salamanders (And That’s a Good Thing)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:31 and sunset is 8:12 for 14 hours 41 minutes of daytime. The moon is new today. On this day in 1888, Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric…
Daily Bread, Gov. Evers, Politics, Speaker Vos, State Government, Wisconsin, WisDems, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 5.15.26: Fiscal Deals Will Likely Wait Until After November (Because Wisconsin Is Already Looking Ahead)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 77. Sunrise is 5:32 and sunset is 8:11 for 14 hours 39 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 2.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1940, Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald’s restaurant. The…
Budget, Daily Bread, School District, State Government, Wisconsin, WisDems, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 5.14.26: If a ‘Bipartisan’ Bill Gets No WisDems Senate Votes, Was It Ever Bipartisan?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 68. Sunrise is 5:33 and sunset is 8:10 for 14 hours 37 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 7.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Commission meets at 4 PM, and there will…
Daily Bread, Politics, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.9.26: Easy Answers to Wisconsin Political Questions
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Birds, Conservation, Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.8.26: Improving a Habitat in the Central Sand Plains
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 67. Sunrise is 5:39 and sunset is 8:03 for 14 hours 24 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 62.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1945, the German Instrument of Surrender signed at Berlin-Karlshorst comes into effect. (The…
AI, Daily Bread, Technology, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.30.26: (Almost) Everyone Hates Data Centers. They Don’t Like AI Much, Either
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 5:50 and sunset is 7:54 for 14 hours 4 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1789, on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York…
Congress, Courts, Daily Bread, Law, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.29.26: Wisconsin Congressional Redistricting Is Off the Table for 2026 Election
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 5:51 and sunset is 7:53 for 14 hours 2 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 95.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Lakes Advisory Committee meets at 4 PM. On this day in 1945, American…
Daily Bread, Gubernatorial Race 2026, Politics, Tommy Thompson, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.25.26: More Silly Speculation About Tommy Thompson
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny in the afternoon with a high of 65. Sunrise is 5:57 and sunset is 7:48 for 13 hours 51 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 66.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 404 BC, Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade…
Daily Bread, Legislature, Politics, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.24.26: Wisconsin Capitol Departs from National Security Trends
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 67. Sunrise is 5:59 and sunset is 7:47 for 13 hours 48 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 55.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1916, Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a…
Daily Bread, Open Government, UW System, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.22.26: The UW Regents’ Category Error on Open Government
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Climate, Daily Bread, Science/Nature, Weather, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.18.26: Wisconsin’s Changing Weather
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 62. Sunrise is 6:08 and sunset is 7:40 for 13 hours 32 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 1.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1938, Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938). Our weather is…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Politics, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.16.26: Intrusive Politics Leads to Perpetual Politics
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 69. Sunrise is 6:11 and sunset is 7:38 for 13 hours 27 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 1.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board’s Calendar Committee meets at 4:30 PM and Whitewater’s Community…