Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a likelihood of light rain tis afternoon, and a high of forty-eight. Sunrise is 7:02 AM and sunset 4:23 PM, for 9h 20m 11s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 3.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1942, the French scuttle…
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Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 11.23.16
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Whitewater’s Wednesday will be rainy with a high of forty-two. Sunrise is 6:58 AM and sunset 4:25 PM, for 9h 26m 48s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 29.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1889, the jukebox was first installed for commercial use, at the Palais Royal Saloon…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 11.21.16
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning, The work week in Whitewater begins with partly cloudy skies and a high of thirty-eight. Sunrise is 6:55 AM and sunset 4:26 PM, for 9h 30m 25s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 48.7% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s library board meets this evening at 6:30 PM, and the area…
Freedom of Speech, Politics, Trump
Of Course Most #NeverTrumpers Will Capitulate
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Thousands who (admirably) devoted themselves to the #NeverTrump movement have already (sadly) begun to second-guess their opposition now that Trump’s heading to federal power. Ben Terris nicely describes the impulse – the natural reaction to yield to power – in Welcome to NeverTrump Grief, Stage 3: GOP skeptics bargain with Trump — and themselves. One…
Bigotry, Politics, Press
‘Critics Say So’
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Is Stephen Bannon, newly-appointed chief strategist to Donald Trump, a racist. A headline to a story on that subject comes with a limitation: critics say so. (See, Is Trump’s new chief strategist a racist? Critics say so.) There’s the weakness of a legacy press: big money, high self-regard, but a small appetite for declaring definitely the character of a person’s…
Foreign Affairs, Russia, Sanctions
Our New Partner
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
The Washington Post reports today on the the first fruits of Trump’s foreign policy direction: The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Donald Trump have agreed in a phone call to work to improve U.S.-Russian relations. The Kremlin says that Putin expressed readiness to establish a “partner-like” dialogue with Trump’s administration…. The…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 11.13.16
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of fifty-six. Sunrise is 6:46 AM and sunset 4:32 PM, for 9h 46m 39s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.3% of its visible disk illuminated. Sometimes squirrels simply go mad & bad, as the residents of the Sterling Court…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 10.23.16
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in town will be sunny and mild with a high of sixty-seven. Sunrise is 7:19 AM and sunset 5:58 PM, for 10h 38m 57s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 42.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Friday’s FW Poll asked readers whether they thought that the Cubs or…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 9.23.16
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning, Whitewater. Friday in town will be cloudy with a high of seventy. Sunrise is 6:44 AM and sunset 6:48 PM, for 12h 03m 51s of daytime. The moon is in its third quarter, with 49.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1952, Richard Nixon delivers his Checkers speech: The Checkers…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 8.2.16
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning, Whitewater. Tuesday in town will be partly cloudy with a high of eighty-five. Sunrise is 5:48 AM and sunset 8:13 PM, for 14h 24m 26s of daytime. We’ve a new moon today, with just .2% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Committee meets at 6:15 PM this evening, and Common Council…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 6.16.16
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning, Whitewater. Thursday in town will be cloudy with a high of seventy-two. Sunrise is 5:15 AM and sunset 8:35 PM, for 15h 20m 00s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 85.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6:30 PM. Whitewater’s Fire Department holds a business meeting this…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 6.1.16
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Whitewater. The first day of a new month brings to town morning thundershowers but thereafter gradual clearing and a high of eighty-two. Sunrise is 5:18 AM and sunset 8:27 PM, for 15h 09m 10s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 18.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks & Recreation Board…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 3.27.16
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning, Whitewater. Easter Sunday in town will be mostly cloudy, with a probability of rain, and a high of forty-eight. Sunrise is 6:43 AM and sunset 7:16 PM for 12h 33m 26s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 86.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1912, Japanese cherry trees are…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 2.17.16
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Midweek in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of twenty-eight. Sunrise is 6:48 and sunset 5:29, for 10h 40m 58s. The moon’s a waxing gibbous with 73.4% of its visible disk illuminated. The Aquatic Center Board meets today at 7 AM, the Tech Park Board at 8 AM, and the TID 5 Joint Review Board…