The ongoing debate over clock changes exposes the chasm between human lifestyle desires and evolutionary biology. Voters want evening light to walk the dog, shop, and shake off the winter gloom. Chronobiologists want morning light to safeguard adolescent mental health, heart function, and sleep architecture.
Unless Congress chooses to challenge the medical establishment by authorizing permanent daylight saving time, the legal avenue to end the seasonal clock shift lies in standard time. Until state legislators and federal representatives confront the physical realities of winter mornings, the continent remains suspended in its bi-annual ritual, switching the clocks twice a year despite broad public desire to stop.
