TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart There is no record of Trump accomplishing anything of value or importance in his nearly 80 years. Throughout the 2024 campaign, Trump made many promises, although he obviously never intended to keep them. Everyone remembers the big ones: “ending inflation on day one,” “ending the war in Ukraine on day one,” and “never placing our nation at war again.” Lie, lie, and a huge lie. ONE PROMISE COULD HAVE BEEN KEPT WITHOUT ANY EFFORT AND WAS WIDELY POPULAR: HE DID NOT Daylight Savings Time has been a highly contested issue throughout my adult life. The practice of moving our clocks ahead one hour every spring, and back to the original time every fall is unnecessary and dangerous. On the Monday after the clocks are moved forward, there are more automobile accidents than on any other single day in the year. Everyone loses an hour of sleep, and this situation is dangerous for some. Trump promised to end daylight savings time. I seem to remember changing my clocks ahead o...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart This will be a short article because it’s about common sense, something missing in Washington. I have heard a few politicians attempt to explain why the United States continues the archaic and senseless policy of altering time every six months. It’s called “daylight savings time.” They failed. This process began a long time ago, on March 31, 1918. It is commonly believed that the reason for DST was to give more daylight hours to farmers during the growing and harvest seasons. However, farmers were opposed to the bill. It appears that congress was supporting the tourism and recreation-based industries. In 1970, DST was extended and became permanent. A probable energy crisis encouraged congress to consider the measure, and it was agreed to by both parties. However, in case congress hasn’t noticed, this is 2024, and one of the situations of the past exist today. The energy industry has new and viable sources of creating electrical power: green energy. There are no ...