Commentary
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) recently reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023, a follow-up to a similar bill introduced two years ago. If the bill is passed and receives the blessing of Joe Biden, permanent daylight saving time would take effect later this year. We may very well have witnessed the last clock change in U.S. history. If the bill is signed into effect, it will have a profound impact on people’s sleep-wake cycles. It will also have a profound impact on the country’s crime rates.
Phyllis Zee, director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Evanston, Illinois, told CNN that she completely opposes daylight savings time (DST) for one simple reason: the disruption of our circadian rhythms. These internal, 24-hour “clocks,” responsible for the regulation of millions of metabolic processes, tell the body when to eat, sleep, and wake up….