The hantavirus debacle raises a key question: why would anyone go on a cruise? | Dave Schilling

I cannot think of one thing that a cruise offers that isn’t available in the safe bosom of dry land I don’t swim. This is a fairly crucial element of my backstory, something that defines me even if I don’t want it to and have begged people to stop asking me about it. Water and I simply have nothing in common. I’m a 41-year-old writer, and water is, well … wet. My son swims like a fish, and as soon as I dunk my head under the surface, I start wondering what it would be like to suffocate, how s...

By Dave Schilling