In an act of lip-curling intransigence and futile defiance of Nature and Nature’s God, the United States House of Representatives voted to make permanent a lie about the time of day. They call it permanent daylight saving time. Thankfully, Senator Tom Cotton seems poised to rise in the estimation of all humanity by opposing this farce.

This was tried before, of course, in 1974. Congress imposed permanent daylight saving time. That year, I think not coincidentally, America quickly suffered the killing spree of Ted Bundy, the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, and the Donna Lee Bakery murders.

Permanent daylight saving was repealed.

Morning light exposure helps humans regulate their sleep-wake circadian rhythm. Permanent DST is imposing a legislative jet lag on the whole country, condemning children to travel to school in dread darkness for months on end.

The special interests lobbying for permanent DST are those that prey upon human weakness — retail and lifestyle industries. They want you wired, tired, unhealthy, and hoping to solve your broken natural rhythm with drugs, sweets, or just a dopamine fix.