In the gloom of an Albany afternoon in January, it may be interesting to know that at least a few legislators this year would like to do something about daylight saving time or DST. More precisely, they would like to get rid of the pointless ritual of adjusting our clocks by one hour twice a […]
Getting a late start on my Sunday bike ride, I got caught by the gathering dusk. Then I thought of California, where on that general subject, the majority of voters this month had the right idea.
Another pointless clock change is coming up Sunday, and it made me wonder what’s going on, timewise, in the rest of the world.
Another time change. Nothing we can do about it, so we might as well do our best to ignore the hassle and look for the bright side instead.
Rather than fulminate against the coming switch back to standard time, how about this for a change: Let’s try to ignore it.
The insanity of our semiannual time changes has long been established. No additional proof is needed, but we’ll get it anyway on Sunday.
One day into another round of daylight saving time, we might as well admit it: As pointless and destructive as this ritual is in the modern age, we are not going to get rid of it because most people don’t care.
David A. Miles, a resident of Medford, wants to make daylight saving time unconstitutional in Oregon. Good luck to him.
By now you may have gotten over the effects of the time change last Sunday. And if you were lucky, you didn’t fall victim to the increase in the frequency of traffic crashes that is said to be following the springtime switch. This is what our lawmakers are counting on. They count on us to get over […]
Repealing time change may save lives
For the umpteenth time, we’re losing an hour with the time change come Sunday. And right on cue ODOT is warning us of the potentially fatal effects of drowsy driving that the change might cause.
Tags: Daylight saving time, Franklin, SB 320, time change