Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of sixty-two. Sunrise is 5:50 AM and sunset 7:53 PM, for 14h 03m 28s of daytime. The moon is full, with 99.7% of its visible disk illuminated. Today is the five hundred thirty-fifth day.Days since Trump’s election, with 11.9.16 as the first day. …
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Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 2.19.18
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of forty-five. Sunrise is 6:44 AM and sunset 5:32 PM, for 10h 47m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent, with 13.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Today is the {tooltip}four hundred sixty-sixth day.{end-texte}Days since Trump’s election, with 11.9.16 as the first…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 2.1.18
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. A new month begins in Whitewater with sunny skies and a high of fifteen. Sunrise is 7:08 AM and sunset 5:08 PM, for 10h 00m 41s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 98.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Today is the {tooltip}four hundred forty-eighth day.{end-texte}Days since Trump’s election, with 11.9.16…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 1.29.18
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be increasingly sunny with a high of twenty-five. Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset 5:04 PM, for 9h 53m 34s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 93.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Today is the {tooltip}four hundred forty-fifth day.{end-texte}Days since Trump’s election, with 11.9.16 as the…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 1.12.18
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of twenty. Sunrise is 7:23 AM and sunset is 4:43 PM, for 9h 20m 08s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 16.7% of its visible disk illuminated. Today is the {tooltip}four hundred twenty-eighth day.{end-texte}Days since Trump’s election, with 11.9.16 as…
Alt-Right, Film, Politics
Kylo Ren as an Alt-Right Villain?
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Marykate Jasper argues Why Kylo Ren Is the Perfect Villain for the Age of the Alt-Right (some movie spoilers in her observations): Kylo is incredibly powerful, but he is also incredibly childish. When the Rebels escape him in The Force Awakens, he throws a ludicrous temper tantrum with his lightsaber. In The Last Jedi, Luke goads him by appearing…
Babbittry, Culture, Development, Economy, Janesville, Local Government, Newspapers, Poverty, Press
‘Don’t worry about them – the rest of us feel great!‘
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
A doctor walks into a town of one-hundred people, and finds that half of them are pale, feverish, and vomiting blood. The physician calls out to a community leader, “Send for help, you have an epidemic on your hands.” The community leader replies, “Oh no, don’t worry about them – the rest of us feel…
Babbittry, City, Demographics, Economy, Poverty
Contrast
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Consider the contrast between how the Janesville Gazette‘s publisher want his city to be seen, and how an economics reporter describes the Janesville area: Janesville Gazette editorial, A question for Janesville to consider: [James] Fallows and his wife learned the differences between success and failure during a 54,000-mile journey across the United States in a single-engine…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 11.27.17
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of fifty-five. Sunrise is 7:02 AM and sunset 4:23 PM, for 9h 20m 35s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 59.3% of its visible disk illuminated. Today is the {tooltip}three hundred eighty-third day.{end-texte}Days since Trump’s election, with 11.9.16 as the first day.{end-tooltip}…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 11.9.17
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of thirty-eight. Sunrise is 6:40 AM and sunset 4:36 PM, for 9h 56m 15s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 64.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Today is the {tooltip}three hundred sixty-fifth day.{end-texte}Days since Trump’s election, with 11.9.16 as the first day.{end-tooltip}…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 10.3.17
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of eighty. Sunrise is 6:55 AM and sunset 6:31 PM, for 11h 35m 46s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 945.2% of its visible disk illuminated. Today is the {tooltip}three hundred twenty-eighth day.{end-texte}Days since Trump’s election, with 11.9.16 as the…
Education, School District
A Worthy Achievement for Whitewater: A National Blue Ribbon School
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
One sometimes hears good news, but occasionally, through others’ hard work, one fortunately hears the very best news. Today, for Whitewater, there’s the very best news: National Blue Ribbon Honors Announced for 342 Schools U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today recognized 342 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2017. The recognition is based on a…
America, Culture, Education, Politics, School District
The Erosion of Political Norms (Part 3 in a Series)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 9.5.17
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see a high of sixty-four and a four-in-ten chance of showers. Sunrise is 6:25 AM and sunset 7:21 PM, for 12h 56m 07s of daytime. The moon is nearly full, with 99.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Today is the {tooltip}three hundredreth day.{end-texte}Days since Trump’s election, with 11.9.16 as…