Twice a year most of us in the United States and Canada and a bunch of other countries go through a strange ritual.

In the fall we “fall back” and move our clocks back an hour. This means we get an extra hour of sleep at night. This also means that it gets dark by 5 p.m. In the spring we “spring forward” and we move our clocks forward an hour. This is daylight saving time, and it means during prime saving time we have light until like 9 p.m.

Again I say it’s time to stop the madness. Let’s pick a time and stick with it all year round. (Please note: I make this rant ever couple of years, so I thought I’d bring it back again for 2026 because it’s getting ridiculous that we don’t pick either daylight-saving time or standard time and stay with it.)

I would prefer to stay on daylight saving time all year. I’m not a fan of 5 o’clock darkness. I like it being light deep into the evening. More daylight means more........

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