Don’t fret: They’ll eventually not care about Taylor Swift or Drake either. — My kids have no idea who Elvis Presley is. Isn’t that crazy? Elvis Presley died about two years after I was born and yet I can’t think of a moment when I haven’t known who he is. Elvis Presley has been at the center of American life essentially from the…

Your number’s always up. — Two months and two weeks ago, I wrote about the odd sensation of feeling as if you were one of the only people left who had never had Covid-19. Well, scratch my name off the list: Last week, I woke up with chills and a headache and, yep, it turned…

Let’s rank stuff! — We are now ranking things, every Friday. We will attempt to stick to rankings of things that have some sort of connection to the news of that week, but we can’t guarantee anything. Want us to rank something? Put it in the responses, or email us at williamfleitch@yahoo.com.

You know you never have to believe them again. — I’ve told this story before, but forgive me, it’s relevant to the current topic. About 16 years ago, I needed to rent a car in Manhattan, a terrible place to need a rental car. I walked into my local Avis outlet and saw the most imposing, ominous queue I have…

Let’s rank stuff! — We are now ranking things, every Friday. We will attempt to stick to rankings of things that have some sort of connection to the news of that week, but we can’t guarantee anything. Want us to rank something? Put it in the responses, or email us at williamfleitch@yahoo.com.

Does it matter if they don’t? — I have a 9/11 section on my bookshelf. Do you? On the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks last year, I wrote about the best 9/11 books. These books are ones I actually try to read every couple of years — the best ones are 102 Minutes and Fall…

And the steno pad. — I am a productive person. At a minimum, every week, I write three pieces for Medium, three pieces for MLB.com, a long, semi-ambitious sports column every week for New York magazine, a big personal essay at my Saturday newsletter, host three different podcasts and try to run 30 miles. (You…

Let’s rank stuff! — We are now ranking things, every Friday. We will attempt to stick to rankings of things that have some sort of connection to the news of that week, but we can’t guarantee anything. Want us to rank something? Put it in the responses, or email us at williamfleitch@yahoo.com.

The movie world isn’t for movie stars anymore. — There is something truly incredible about Tom Cruise — the biggest movie star of my lifetime, really, the only logical definition of a movie star over the last 50 years — having the biggest opening weekend of his entire career right now. His movie Top Gun: Maverick made $156 million…