I’m here to lament the dearth of heroes in our state and national legislatures willing to put an end to our annual vapid time traveling.

Gone are all of those brave enough in Colorado to slay the state’s biannual move from Mountain Standard Time to Mountain Daylight Saving Time. Oh, the inanity. It’s already 8 a.m. in Colorado. Do you know where your hour is? Likewise, there are no brave soldiers in Washington willing to outlaw something that makes health-care legislation look like a good idea.

In the giant encyclopedia of incredibly stupid things humans have inflicted on themselves and the planet, which boasts such notable feats as Chernobyl, Donald Trump and cappuccino-flavored potato chips, daylight savings time rises to the top of the list of heinous gaffes.

To understand how stupid the idea really is, you have to hearken back to a time when people did things because it was practical, and because being impractical often made you lunch for something else, face down in a river or tied to other unlucky humans building pyramids for some dude with too much eyeliner. Because people tended to get eaten or otherwise accosted in the dark, it was practical to avoid going out in it. And as people formed communities and taverns that opened and closed at particular hours, it became necessary to know how long until last call, and when morning-shift happy hour began.

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