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Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Politics
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Are the American dream and the welfare of the people in jeopardy?
Forty-three Northwest Missouri State University students recently had their visas revoked by the United States Citizen Immigration Services. They were told to leave the country immediately. So long, American dream. - Phil Smith, Kansas City 'Salus populi suprema lex esto,' Missouri's motto appearing on the state seal and flag, translated from Latin to English is: 'The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law.' From their current actions, members of the General Assembly seem oblivious to the motto's existence and meaning. - Nancy M. Ehrlich, Independence Most Americans want to end the practice of changing our clocks twice a year and make either Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time permanent. But which one? The arguments from sleep experts and the medical field are that Standard Time best aligns with our human circadian biology and is better for our physical and mental health as well as our safety. The argument that Daylight Saving allows the enjoyment of an extra hour of sunlight at the end of the day is supported by the recreation industry as well as convenience stores and others. Although that 'extra' hour of sunlight year-round might sound lucrative, permanent Daylight Saving Time was tried during the energy crisis in 1974 and was rescinded after only 10 months because of the extreme dark mornings in mid-winter. In Kansas City, permanent Daylight Saving would result in the sun not rising until almost 8:40 during the last half of December and much of January. Even the current practice of Daylight Saving for eight months of the year results in unnecessary darker mornings in early spring and late fall. It's time to return to permanent Standard Time, which has served humankind well since time immemorial. Contact your representatives in Congress, as they will ultimately decide. - Thomas Harries, Lenexa In his April 14 column, 'Please keep your obvious pronouns out of my emails,' (7A) David Mastio quotes White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: 'Any reporter who chooses to put their preferred pronouns in their bio ...' 'Reporter' is a singular noun. 'Their' is a plural pronoun. Leavitt violated her own preference. The correct albeit awkward usage to follow the practice Leavitt prefers would be 'his or her.' Pronouns are a weak part of speech, often used as a crutch to avoid clarity. Avoid pronouns at all costs. - Michael Grimaldi, Kansas City Contrary to what you might have heard, a Real ID is not required to drive or vote. A Real ID will be required only if you want to travel by plane. This change is designed to further reduce the possibility of terrorism with air travel. Also contrary to what you might have heard, it's not that difficult to update your existing driver's license or non-driver ID. Just go to the DMV with your birth certificate or passport, Social Security card, a utility bill and voter registration card. You'll need a marriage certificate or divorce decree if your last name has changed. This serves as a reminder always to save such documents. And you might as well go ahead and do it now, just in case more places require a Real ID in the future. Let's get Real. - Kevin Lindeman, Kansas City Editor's note: Visit for a complete list of acceptable documentation to obtain a Real ID. Based on the oath of office, the president is compelled to, 'preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.' Recently, however, the Supreme Court ruled that the president cannot be held legally accountable for actions taken in the performance of 'official duties,' in effect placing the president above the law. The president's continued roundup and arrest of undocumented people, coupled with no judicial oversight, has resulted in an unprecedented constitutional stalemate of sorts. Since the president can't be held legally liable, the courts seem to lack authority to compel the president to legally comply. Meanwhile, a timid Congress seems unwilling to step into this constitutional crisis, while our allies express astonishment and dismay. These events strongly suggest that all of us are at grave personal risk from a lawless and contemptible president. - Phil Anderson, Manhattan, Kansas
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Politics
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Trump says Congress should push 'for more Daylight at the end of a day'
President Donald Trump is weighing in on a national debate, apparently calling on Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. "The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day. Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!" the president declared Friday morning in a post on Truth Social. Most parts of the U.S. participate in the twice-annual time changes when clocks are either set forward or backward by one hour. When clocks "spring forward" by an hour, that represents the switch to Daylight Saving Time. 'Stop The Clock': Gop, Dems Come Together To End Daylight Saving Over Health, Economic Risks "The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation," Trump declared in a December post on Truth Social. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House on Friday to request a comment, but has not yet received a response. Read On The Fox News App Trump's Daylight Saving Time Plan And Sleep: What You Must Know Earlier this year when asked when he would eliminate Daylight Saving Time, the president called the matter a "50-50 issue," noting that while he assumes people would prefer "more light later," there are some people who prefer more light early in the day. While they hail from different sides of the political aisle, Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., both expressed support for the idea of ending the annual changes between Daylight Saving Time and Standard time during a hearing on Thursday. We Live In Time: Daylight Savings And The 'Time Lords' Of Congress The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing was titled, "If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?"Original article source: Trump says Congress should push 'for more Daylight at the end of a day'
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Health
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'Stop the clock': GOP, Dems come together to end Daylight Saving over health, economic risks
In 1957, rockabilly singer Bob Ehret repeated, "We've got to stop the clock, baby; to spend more time with you" — and in a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle strongly considered the benefits of doing so, in a way. Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Daylight Saving was grounded in good-faith efforts to reduce energy consumption, but that instead it has led to increased auto accidents in the dark, workplace issues and objections from the agriculture sector that relies on early-morning sunlight. "We find ourselves adjusting our clocks… springing forward and falling back in the fall. For many Americans, this biannual ritual is a minor inconvenience… But when we take a closer look at the implications of changing the clocks, its impact on our economy, our health and our everyday lives, we can see that this practice is more than an annoyance," Cruz said. "The idea was simple. Fewer hours of darkness meant less electricity consumption for lighting and heating." Trump's Daylight Savings Plan However, unlike the early 1900s, when the U.S. economy was heavily reliant on energy consumption tied to daylight hours, today's effects from sunrise and sunset timings are "de minimis," he said. Read On The Fox News App Cruz, along with Massachusetts neurology physician Dr. Karin Johnson, spoke about the health concerns associated with changing the time twice a year and with the permanence of Daylight Saving Time (DST), versus Standard Time. "Research has shown that the abrupt shift in time, especially the spring transition when we lose an hour of sleep," Cruz said, as Johnson spoke about the effects on people's circadian rhythm, vascular system and sleep deprivation. The panel also hosted an official from the National Golf Course Owners Association, as he and other lawmakers spoke of the increased revenue from evening tee times and other tourist activities only possible during daylight hours. On the Democratic side, Sen. Lisa Blunt-Rochester of Delaware agreed that it was time to consider a "permanent time for our country." She noted a bill from then-Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to abolish DST stalled in the House. "This body [then] took a harder look at how time changes work state-by-state," she said. "What works in my home state of Delaware may not work in Washington state, but I know I speak for many Americans when I say it's time. It's time to figure this out." 'I Can't Sleep Because Of Racing Thoughts At Night — How Can I Stop Them?': Ask A Doctor Witnesses to the hearing noted that it is indeed southern states like Florida and Texas where the negative effects of a permanent Daylight Saving Time would be most felt. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., spoke about his work shifting Daylight Saving Time twice to help assuage some of the issues that were brought up each time, including better guaranteeing trick-or-treating happens at worst at dusk. Markey quipped that his decades-long work on this issue earned him the nickname "the Sun King." "We need to stop the clock," Blunt-Rochester said. "We know that changing the clock disrupts sleep, which can lead to negative health outcomes. Several studies have noted issues with mood disturbances increase hospital admissions, and even heart attacks and strokes." Lock the Clock movement founder Scott Yates testified about the flawed history of DST, noting a time during the 1970s energy crisis that the Nixon administration briefly made DST permanent. Nixon signed the law in December 1973 while embroiled in Watergate — but it took effect the first week the following year — Jan. 6, 1974. "So you can imagine, the worst Monday of the year already is the one after the holiday break where you have to go back to school and everything — to have an extra hour of sleep robbed away right before that. You can understand why it was so unpopular and why it was repealed," Yates said, noting that months later, Nixon resigned. The burglary by the "Plumbers" at the Watergate Hotel also notably occurred during nighttime hours. "So maybe — if we had more daylight, the Watergate break-in doesn't happen," Cruz quipped in response. "And history would be different."Original article source: 'Stop the clock': GOP, Dems come together to end Daylight Saving over health, economic risks
Fox News
10-04-2025
- Health
- Fox News
'Stop the clock': GOP, Dems come together to end Daylight Saving over health, economic risks
In 1957, Rockabilly singer Bob Ehret repeated, "We've got to stop the clock, baby; to spend more time with you" – and in a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle strongly considered the benefits of doing so, in a way. Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Daylight Saving was grounded in good-faith efforts to reduce energy consumption, but that instead it has led to increased auto accidents in the dark, workplace issues, and objections from the agriculture sector that relies on early-morning sunlight. "We find ourselves adjusting our clocks… springing forward and falling back in the fall. For many Americans, this biannual ritual is a minor inconvenience… But when we take a closer look at the implications of changing the clocks, its impact on our economy, our health and our everyday lives, we can see that this practice is more than an annoyance," Cruz said. "The idea was simple. Fewer hours of darkness meant less electricity consumption for lighting and heating." However, unlike the early 1900s, when the U.S. economy was heavily reliant on energy consumption tied to daylight hours, today's effects from sunrise and sunset timings are "de minimis," he said. Cruz, along with Massachusetts neurology physician Dr. Karin Johnson, spoke about the health concerns associated with changing the time twice a year and with the permanence of Daylight Saving Time, versus Standard Time. "Research has shown that the abrupt shift in time, especially the spring transition when we lose an hour of sleep," Cruz said, as Johnson spoke about the effects on people's circadian rhythm, vascular system and sleep deprivation. The panel also hosted an official from the National Golf Course Owners Association, as he and other lawmakers spoke of the increased revenue from evening tee times and other tourist activities only possible during daylight hours. On the Democratic side, Sen. Lisa Blunt-Rochester of Delaware agreed that it was time to consider a "permanent time for our country." She noted a bill from then-Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to abolish DST stalled in the House. "This body [then] took a harder look at how time changes work state-by-state," she said. "What works in my home state of Delaware may not work in Washington state, but I know I speak for many Americans when I say it's time. It's time to figure this out." Witnesses to the hearing noted that it is indeed southern states like Florida and Texas where the negative effects of a permanent Daylight Saving Time would be most felt. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., spoke about his work shifting Daylight Saving Time twice to help assuage some of the issues that were brought up each time, including better guaranteeing trick-or-treating happens at worst at dusk. Markey quipped that his decades-long work on this issue earned him the nickname "the Sun King." "We need to stop the clock," Blunt-Rochester said. "We know that changing the clock disrupts sleep, which can lead to negative health outcomes. Several studies have noted issues with mood disturbances increase hospital admissions, and even heart attacks and strokes." Lock The Clock movement founder Scott Yates testified about the flawed history of DST, noting a time during the 1970s energy crisis that the Nixon administration briefly made DST permanent. Nixon signed the law in December 1973 while embroiled in Watergate – but it took effect the first week the following year – Jan. 6, 1974. "So you can imagine, the worst Monday of the year already is the one after the holiday break where you have to go back to school and everything – to have an extra hour of sleep robbed away right before that. You can understand why it was so unpopular and why it was repealed," Yates said, noting that months later, Nixon resigned. The burglary by the "Plumbers" at the Watergate Hotel also notably occurred during nighttime hours. "So maybe – if we had more daylight, the Watergate break-in doesn't happen," Cruz quipped in response. "And history would be different."
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Nevada bill to opt-out of daylight saving time heads to Assembly floor for consideration
The Assembly Government Affairs Committee on Monday passed a bill that would allow Nevada to opt-out of observing Daylight Saving time.
