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"During the period commencing at 2 o’clock antemeridian on the second Sunday of March of each year and ending at 2 o’clock antemeridian on the first Sunday of November of each year, the standard time of each zone established by sections 261 to 264 of this title, as modified by section 265 of this title, shall be advanced one hour and such time as so advanced shall for the purposes of such sections 261 to 264, as so modified, be the standard time of such zone during such period ... It is hereby declared that it is the express intent of Congress by this section to supersede any and all laws of the States or political subdivisions thereof insofar as they may now or hereafter provide for advances in time or changeover dates different from those specified in this section ..." - Title 15, Section 260, United States Code "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, und...

Days such as March 3, 2020 in Nashville are not ones we will reflect on delightfully in the future. But they help us keep our lives in perspective and help us remember what is important. As I write this post on Wednesday evening, March 4, over 28,000 customers of Nashville Electric Service are still without electricity. We mourn the loss of lives across Middle Tennessee. And many folks are dealing with the aggravation of displacement and the task of rebuilding what was blown away by what was a "3" on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale of tornado severity. But this is not our first rodeo. Anyone remember the ice storm of 1994 that left scores of folks without power for weeks? I was a student at Lipscomb at that time. How about the tornadoes of April 1998 that ripped the three-star seal off of the Tennessee state flag at the Capitol and disrupted construction of what we now know as Nissan Stadium (I still think the NFL team should be known as the "Tornadoes")? The ne...