A President Gets His Kicks

By ALLIE GRASGREEN

Given the high cost of oil, the dismal state of the economy, and widespread fears of climate change, most Americans are forgoing the cross-country road trip this summer.

Not Andrew K. Benton, president of Pepperdine University, in Malibu, Calif., who returned last month from a nine-day westbound drive on U.S. Route 66. It was...