Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will see thunderstorms with a high of 78. Sunrise is 5:54 and sunset is 8:05 for 14 hours 11 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 13.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1810, Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. This libertarian blogger…
Wisconsin
Daily Bread, Elections, Law, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.2.26: Wisconsin Partisan Primary Voters Cannot Effectively Ticket-Split
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 78. Sunrise is 5:47 and sunset is 8:14 for 14 hours 27 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 84.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1790, the federal government conducts the first United States census. Wisconsin’s…
Animals, Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.1.26: Friendly Neighborhood Spiders
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 72. Sunrise is 5:46 and sunset is 8:15 for 14 hours 29 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 91 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1774, British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this…
Business, City, Daily Bread, Special Interests, Tariffs, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 7.29.26: What’s Worse Than Tariffs that Burden Domestic Manufacturers? Tariffs that Send Domestic Manufacturers to China
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:43 and sunset is 8:18 for 14 hours 35 minutes of daylight. The moon is full today with all of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency is established. A quick scheduling note: absent some…
Business, Daily Bread, Tariffs, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 7.28.26: Another Federal Blow to Wisconsin’s Manufacturers
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:42 and sunset is 8:20 for 14 hours 38 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 99 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 5 PM and the Aquatic Center Committee at…
Daily Bread, Gubernatorial Race 2026, Newspapers, Wisconsin, WisDems
Daily Bread for 7.27.26: The National Press Covers the Wisconsin Gubernatorial Race Better than the Journal Sentinel
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Daily Bread, Economics, Economy, Lobbyists, Local Government, Special Interests, Tariffs, Taxes/Taxation, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 7.26.26: Tariffs’ High Cost to Ordinary Wisconsinites
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 90. Sunrise is 5:40 and sunset is 8:23 for 14 hours 43 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 91.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1996, the remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington.…
Conservation, Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 7.25.26: Surrounded by Nature
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 80. Sunrise is 5:39 and sunset is 8:23 for 14 hours 44 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 85.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1897, author Jack London embarks on a sailing trip to take…
Daily Bread, Gubernatorial Race 2026, Politics, Toxic Positivity, Wisconsin, WisDems
Daily Bread for 7.23.26: A News Headline for Our Time
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 77. Sunrise is 5:37 and sunset is 8:24 for 14 hours 47 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 70 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1829, inventor William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.…
Business, City, Daily Bread, Development, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 7.21.26: Vacancy Is the Worst Business
by JOHN ADAMS •
Business, Daily Bread, Gov. Evers, Legislation, Legislature, Speaker Vos, State Government, Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 7.20.26: The Shifting Politics on Data Centers
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 85. Sunrise is 5:34 and sunset is 8:27 for 14 hours 53 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 41.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks and Recreation Board – Food Pantry Subcommittee meets at noon and…
Animals, Birds, Conservation, Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 7.19.26: Bird Banding at the Hemlock Draw Preserve
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:33 and sunset is 8:28 for 14 hours 55 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 31.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 64, the Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages…
Climate, Daily Bread, Weather, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 7.16.26: Wisconsin Under Smoky Skies
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 90. Sunrise is 5:30 and sunset is 8:30 for 15 hours of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 6.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1994, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is…
Authoritarian Populism, Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Law, Musk, Never Trump, Trump, Trumpism, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 7.15.26: Musk’s 2025 Wisconsin Election Payments Bring Criminal Referral
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 94. Sunrise is 5:30 and sunset is 8:31 for 15 hours 1 minute of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 2.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks and Recreation Board meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1916,…