THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER

We go back on Roosevelt Time (my Corsicana grandfather’s term for Daylight Savings Time) on Sunday, an artifact of World War II that’s never been rescinded, proving that what the bureaucracy giveth it hardly ever taketh away. And, lo and behold, DST might even be bad for your health, as it is statistically related to [...]

Gad, how I wish our politicians had the sense to end this Daylight Savings Time fiasco. We’re getting up in the dark now to get Mr. B. off to school, in exchange for the illusion that he has more time to play outside in the evening. Spring ahead. The reality of that awful phrase leaves [...]

First time I’ve missed the switch to Daylight Savings Time in some time. I just noticed the kitchen clock was an hour ahead of my wristwatch. Asked. Found out. Oops. Fixed the watch. My grandfather called it "Roosevelt Time" because FDR imposed it during World War II. But it had actually been first imposed by [...]

Some places are spared tomorrow’s setting back of clocks one hour, according to Wikipedia, because they don’t do the daylight savings trick. Next year daylight savings time, which my grandfather derisively called "Roosevelt time" for its originator in America, FDR, will start earlier and end later. Happy extra hour of sleep.