How wonderful for an early riser to have the former War Savings Time ended, at least for a while, and the clock returned to normal. This totalitarian intervention began in 1917 for Wilson’s war. Thanks to popular opposition, Congress repealed it in 1919 over Woodrow’s veto, but as you might guess, FDR brought it back for his war, and today, we think nothing of the leviathan state handing down its time edict twice a year.

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.