You mean, America should follow Russia? I'm glad Vladimir Putin is, in fact, mentioned, although the amount of outcry depicted in the media for the time-zone c

You mean, America should follow Russia? I'm glad Vladimir Putin is, in fact, mentioned, although the amount of outcry depicted in the media for the time-zone changes in Russia is not adequately represented in the article. Especially if you look into the western media coverage of the time zone changes in Russia, which don't even seem to bother to point out the benefits of not having to change the time twice per year, merely taking another opportunity at bashing the leader of the country. But, most importantly, it also omits the lessons learned in Russia with the elimination of the time-zones -- they ended up having to reverse some of the changes of eliminating several time zones, and reinstating them back. However, it still appears to be a unanimous decision to not have winter/summer time distinction. But having a one-hour difference between Pacific and Eastern makes no sense.