Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 51. Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset 6:09 PM for 10h 59m 28s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 60.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1923, The Walt Disney Company is founded. Embed from Getty Images…
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Boosterism, CDA, Conservative Populism, Corporate Welfare, Culture, Daily Bread, Economy, Innovation Center/Tech Park, Local Government, Marketing, Misplaced Priorities, Poverty, Recession, That Which Paved the Way
Daily Bread for 9.6.22: The Boosters’ Big Capital but Small Society
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with high of 76. Sunrise is 6:25 AM and sunset 7:19 PM for 12h 53m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 79.9% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1803, British scientist John…
Conservative Populism, Conspiracy Theories, Daily Bread, Elections, Never Trump, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 8.16.22: How Election Conspiracies Took Over the GOP
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:03 AM and sunset 7:54 PM for 13h 51m 15s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 75.1% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1930, the first color…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Politics
Daily Bread for 5.31.22: Old Whitewater’s 3 Big Mistakes
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see afternoon thunderstorms with a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:18 AM and sunset 8:26 PM for 15h 07m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 455, Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. ‘Old Whitewater’ —…
America, City, Conservative Populism, Daily Bread, Politics, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.30.22: Yes, Traditional Conservatives Are Finished as a Political Force
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Memorial Day in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 87. Sunrise is 5:19 AM and sunset 8:25 PM for 15h 06m 04s of daytime. The moon is new with none of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1911, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the…
Business, Conservative Populism, CRT, Culture, Daily Bread, Horde, Kulturkampf, Libertarians, Never Trump, Politics, Sexual Orientation
Daily Bread for 4.4.22: The Populists Circle Disney (Yes, Disney)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 49. Sunrise is 6:29 AM and sunset 7:25 PM for 12h 55m 16s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 10.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Equal Opportunities Commission meets at 5 PM. On this day in 1865, a day after…
City, Daily Bread, Local Government, Politics, School District
Daily Bread for 3.16.22: What if They Got Everything They Wanted?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 68. Sunrise is 7:03 AM and sunset 7:03 PM for 11h 59m 57s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 96.3% its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks and Rec Board meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1935, Adolf Hitler orders…
City, Daily Bread, Local Government, Politics, School District
Daily Bread for 3.15.22: Conservatism v. Conservatism
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 56. Sunrise is 7:04 AM and sunset 7:01 PM for 11h 57m 02s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 91.3% its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 44 BC, Julius Caesar is assassinated.…
Daily Bread, Education, School District
Daily Bread for 12.29.21: Four Perspectives on the Whitewater Schools
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 29. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:29 PM for 9h 04m 32s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 23.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1812, the USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java…
Daily Bread, Drug War
Daily Bread for 9.19.21: Another War to End
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 89. Sunrise is 6:40 AM and sunset 6:56 PM for 12h 16m 00s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 97.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1982, Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons 🙂 and 🙁 on the Carnegie…
Conservative Populism, Conspiracy Theories, Daily Bread, Elections, Liberal Democracy, Populists
Daily Bread for 9.16.21: The Biased Leading the Biased
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 81. Sunrise is 6:36 AM and sunset 7:01 PM for 12h 24m 38s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 77.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater Fire Department, Inc. meets at 6 PM. This day in 1959, the first successful photocopier, the…
City, Daily Bread, Right-wing Populism, School District, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 8.29.21: Trumpism’s Final Form
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 87. Sunrise is 6:17 AM and sunset 7:33 PM, for 13h 15m 37s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 57.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1997, Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service. Peter Wehner…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 8.7.21
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see thunderstorms with a high of 82. Sunrise is 5:53 AM and sunset 8:07 PM, for 14h 13m 11s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 1.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1944, IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled…
Culture, Law, Liberty
Thin-Skinned in Whitefish Bay (and Places Nearer and Farther)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
There’s a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about complaints against public speech in Whitefish Bay that’s illustrative of threats to free speech in small towns, including Whitewater. In Whitefish Bay, a group called Bay Bridge placed an anti-racism sign in a designated space at the public library. The sign drew the ire of some Whitefish…