This is going to be my most controversial take of many months, but it’s urgent now, because there is a bipartisan group of senators with the backing of President Trump who want to end daylight saving time.
I don’t like this. I am a big supporter of daylight saving time and I’m not just saying that to be contrarian. I really like daylight saving time, and I think it is a mistake to end it.
When all the senators get together across both parties and they all agree on something, you know that thing is going to be terrible. In this case, what they want to do is lock the clock. Why? Because every person who’s never given a second thought to daylight saving time and has just scrolled through Twitter will say, “Actually, daylight saving time is really bad, because people die every year. Did you know that it actually increases deaths every year?”
To that I say, “Oh, really? How’s…
