Good morning.
Monday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 62. Sunrise is 6:41 and sunset is 6:53 for 12 hours 12 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 74.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Library Board meets at 6:30 PM.
On this day in 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
Today is, on the United Nations’ calendar, the International Day of Peace (often simply called World Peace Day). Here in America, in his second inaugural address, the president of the United States pledged that his “proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. That’s what I want to be: a peacemaker and a unifier.”
If there is a celebration at the United Nations today, then it’s safe to say the celebrants are approaching the holiday aspirationally:
Why Trump Is on the Warpath in Somalia, BBC News, February 7, 2025.
Trump launches large-scale strikes on Yemen’s Houthis, at least 31 killed, Reuters, March 15, 2025.
US inserts itself into Israel’s war with Iran, striking 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Associated Press, June 22, 2025.
White House defends US attack on boat from Venezuela as lawful, Reuters, December 2, 2025.
Venezuela says 24 security officers were killed in US operation to capture Maduro, Associated Press, January 6, 2026. (Rights abuses persist in Venezuela despite Maduro’s removal, UN experts say, Reuters, September 16, 2026.)
New strikes hit Tehran – as it happened, The Guardian, February 28, 2026.
Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks, New York Times, updated September 21, 2026.
An individual or a people has a right to defend itself. That right does not extend to vaingloriously plunging a community — or the world — into chaos.
U.S. and Iran trade threats as fears of return to all-out war mount: