Change...this persistent stereotype that somehow the immigrants themselves have a detrimental impact on American cohesion.

This is the only opportunity for the government to make a Sept. 11 case. This is it. There isn't another. The government has to cross every t and dot every i to ensure that the Sept. 11 families finally have their day in court. If it gets messed up over a technicality... there is no excuse.

This is about whether the criminal justice system has any role in the war on terror.

For Israeli officials to show up in a U.S. court is a big deal because it's just not usually done. It suggests the Israelis are putting a big premium on this conviction - and that our government has probably done a lot behind the scenes to persuade the Israelis.

The interaction of disparate cultures, the vehemence of the ideals that led the immigrants here, the opportunity offered by a new life, all gave America a flavor and a character that make it as unmistakable and as remarkable to people today as it was to Alexis de Tocqueville in the early part of the nineteenth century.

Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life.