Just Keep Swimming

Send us Fan Mail A 24-hour flight just happened, and we cannot decide if it is a miracle of modern travel or a fresh new circle of misery. We start in full summer mode, talking about being home alone, how the house stays weirdly clean when the kids are gone, and the creeping back-to-school reality that brings uniforms, shoes, homework, and the nightly job of getting everyone to bed. Then we pivot into the kind of fun trivia that sends you down a rabbit hole: the yearly list of unique college...