Musings - on the editor's mind

My list of grievances against our government is long, built over time, and well thought out. My biggest frustration might surprise folks, given all the illegal as well as unjust wars we have fought and the people wrongly harassed, spied on, murdered and imprisoned.

Perhaps because it is so personal, intruding on me twice a year, I bristle and take umbrage. Daylight saving time.

My least favorite weekend of the year is in March, when we speed ahead to an imposed hour of darkness in the morning. My favorite weekend is in November, when an hour of time is restored to us.

The nerve our politicians have, when despite numerous studies and years of published research, some continue to put our children’s lives and all of our health in danger. Imagine my joy when I heard a bill in the state legislature would standardize time year round. Imagine my scream of displeasure when I learned the bill would impose daylight time all year.

NO!

Most research, scientific studies, conclude that standard time is better for our kids: fewer are hit by cars in the dark, more sleep means they perform better in school. Here’s a title: “Adverse Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Adolescents’ Sleep and Vigilance.”

For adults: increase in heart attacks by 24 prevent.

So, standardize time, but time as Ma Nature created it: standard time, every day, all the time, the natural rhythms of the Earth.

That’s a crusade, to get politicians to make the opposite change from the one they want.