Good morning. St. Patrick’s Day in Whitewater will see an early evening shower with a high of 56. Sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset 7:04 PM for 12h 02m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 99.2% its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School District’s Citizens Financial Advisory Committee meets at 6…
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Daily Bread, Legislation, Medical Marijuana
Daily Bread for 1.28.22: Another Try for Medical Marijuana Legislation
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Daily Bread, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 1.22.22: Wile E. Coyote Level Genius Rep. Elijah Behnke Calls for Election Cheating in Video
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 24. Sunrise is 7:15 AM and sunset 4:55 PM for 9h 38m 18s of daytime. The moon is waning gibbous with 79.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe…
Bad Ideas, Books, Confidence Schemes, Conflicts of Interest, Corporate Welfare, Daily Bread, Development, Foxconn, Mendacity, Scott Walker, State Capitalism, Trump, WEDC
Daily Bread for 12.11.21: A Christmas Gift For, and About, Scheming Development Men
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see snow this morning, of little accumulation, on an otherwise cloudy day with a high of 36. Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset 4:20 PM for 9h 04m 43s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 55.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1901, Morris Pratt…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Toxic Positivity, Tragic Optimism
Daily Bread for 11.13.21: Toxic Positivity Is Worse than Annoying as Public Policy
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 39. Sunrise is 6:45 AM and sunset 4:32 PM for 9h 47m 07s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 70.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1940, Walt Disney’s animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the…
City, Holiday
Boo! Scariest Things in Whitewater, 2021
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Here’s the fifteenth annual FREE WHITEWATER list of the scariest things in Whitewater. (The 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 editions are available for comparison.) The list runs in reverse order, from mildly scary to truly frightening. 10. Feedin’ Wildlife. I didn’t know — but local officials claim to…
Assault Awareness & Prevention, Daily Bread, Education, Harassment, Indolence, Law, Litigation, Misconduct, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 10.15.21: From UW-Whitewater’s Administration, Too Many and Too Few Words
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Boosterism, Daily Bread, Philosophy, Tragic Optimism
Daily Bread for 9.5.21: Tragic Optimism as an Alternative to Toxic Positivity
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Daily Bread, Ethics, Free Markets, Law, Medicine, Misconduct, Police
Daily Bread for 8.21.21: Hundreds of Wisconsin Police Officers Back on the Job after Being Fired or Forced Out
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be variably cloudy with scattered thunderstorms and a high of 81. Sunrise is 6:08 AM and sunset 7:46 PM, for 13h 37m 26s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1911, the Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo…
Coronavirus, Culture, Public Health
Social Distancing: Who Maintains, Who Doesn’t?
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Over at ProMarket, Tim Besley and Sacha Dray assess One Year Into the Pandemic: Who Maintains Social Distancing and Who Doesn’t. Their full analysis is well worth reading. They write that social capital is an important factor behind reducing risks of infection. Social capital is an index that encompasses the presence of strong social networks,…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 3.8.21
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Daily Bread for 1.21.21
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Daily Bread for 12.30.20
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Culture, Economy, Joe Biden, Trump
The Economic Gap Between Biden and Trump Counties
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While Biden has won an absolute majority of the popular vote, he’s also won that majority from counties significantly more productive than the counties Trump won. A stark difference between counties that went for Biden and those that went for Trump is the significantly higher share of gross domestic product in Biden-supporting counties. (The gap…