It's back to life in the fast lane as school starts on Monday  I
think the first day of each school year hits me the hardest in
watching how quickly my two sons are growing up.  Advance
Placement classes and the homework that goes with that, student
council functions, class dances, Friday night football games,
band concerts, baseball games, back-to-school nights, play
rehearsals, hanging out with friends -- the kids have more on
their plates than ever.  It wasn't long ago -- as long as you
don't consider a decade-plus-one that long ago -- that my oldest
son started kindergarten. It was hard to believe then that he
already starting school, just as it's hard to believe he's a
junior and will drive his younger brother, a freshman, to school
now.  With their busy lives getting busier, I'm really glad they
have cell phones. They think they get them because they've done
well in school and stayed out of trouble. And that's part of it.
But as a parent, I have a far greater advantage than my parents
did. I can call a