I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

And once again the government has failed to get the kind of cooperation from the relatives that might allow the case of this young boy to end in a civilized manner that is best for him.

I'm a reporter. I'm not a scholar.