Once again we must go through the house, resetting the clocks and other timing devices. This leads to a theory: The downhill slide of civilization began when we had the colossal hubris to believe we could override the effects of the sun and alter the time. We began to believe we were gods and assumed powers that neither nature nor the Constitution had given us. Children in northern states must go to school in darkness, but we feel better about ourselves. And that’s what’s important, isn’t it?