In real estate, it’s all about location. Ditto for daylight. This weekend, we take an hour from the start of the day and locate it at the end of the day, losing an hour’s sleep in the process, but gaining 60 minutes of glorious late-day outdoor time.
I say screw standard time. I’m stumping for the ongoing effort by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). He wants DST to be forever. His Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 is this year’s version of an identical proposal he’s brought about for a few years running.
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