Daylight Saving Time is an annual tradition whose time has passed. In contemporary society, it's not only unnecessary: It's also wasteful, cruel, and dangerous. And it's long past time to bid it goodbye.
The switchover to Daylight Saving Time is also linked to an increase in heart attacks as well as traffic accidents.
Benjamin Franklin first proposed a version of Daylight Saving back in 1784 as a way to save candles.
Millions of Americans in Arizona, Hawaii, and territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have survived just fine without it. Not to mention the billions of people throughout Asia, Africa, and South America.
President Obama—and leaders elsewhere in the world—should do the sensible thing and scrap it.