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Daylight saving time". welcome. i'm looking forward to talking with you about this. >> i'm happy to join you. >> i know you are a novelist by trade. what got you interested in this topic? >> it was simple. i was 45 years old. i put my finger in the face of the clock one october and i thought, how am i serving american agriculture exactly? i grew up with the farmer myth and thought there aren't things i have been doing for this long that i don't understand. i started to talk to friend and everyone had the same idea i had. we were all wrong, of course. that's how it began. >> what was the farmer...

Explained and it turns out that none of them are true. farmers have hated daylight saving time since it was proposed more than a hundred years ago. they say it makes the mornings hartd harder, not easier and crime generally goes up during the daylight saving time in the sum. and some energy costs go down but some seem to go up. studies of this -- and there are a bunch of them -- seem to be a wash at best. whether you love it or hate it, full disclosure -- i love daylight saving time more than anything. the reason most of us think we have it, the reason that explains this wonderful thing that w...

>> that makes sense and it doesn't bum me out. let's leave it there. >> that's all we ask. >> michael downing, the author of "spring forward: the annual madness of daylight saving time." really appreciate your help. thanks a lot, mr. downing. >> thank you. >> okay. so the man who helped sell the iraqer war to the world is gainfully employed helping to sell the world the rehabilitation of tiger woods. can't make this stuff up.