Fall Back

I'm still relatively new to this semi-annual time change event as Indiana was one of the last states to enact Daylight Savings Time (DST). Tonight we change our clocks again and for the life of me I can't figure out why we do it. Why do we subject ourselves to this misery twice a year? They tell us DST is good for business as companies wanting to trade with Indiana no longer have to wonder what time it is here. But, the most common reason given for DST is to save energy as we will supposedly use less artificial light. But, for the most part, it's just semantics, right?

Maybe not. Time change can actually be deadly as it has been discovered that changing our sleep rhythm causes problems such as heart attack, suicide, car crashes and even lower SAT scores (The Mother Nature Network). Is saving energy really worth all that?

Tonight I will have to change nine clocks. Tomorrow people will show up to church at the wrong time. Third shift workers will be working an extra hour tonight. It's even worse in the Spring when we lose an hour of sleep. What sane person would do this? Please make it stop!