Deborah, I have had a whole mishmash of thoughts about this week's events. Complete coincidence -- but a leader from my son's Boy Scout troop was in Pakistan for a business trip last week and had arranged to meet with Pakistani Boy Scouts to learn about their programs. Last night, I watched a video the Pakistani Scouts had prepared to say "hi" to their Colorado counterparts. The expression of brotherhood and the sincere desire for cultural exchange was moving. I found myself looking at their uniforms and listening to their greetings and thinking, "They are just like us."

For centuries, humans have been uncomfortable with "difference." Different skin colors. Different religions. Different political views. We continue to kill one another over these things. I do not agree with bin Laden's views or tactics. But dancing in the streets to celebrate his death does nothing to create a world where we dialogue constructively about difference, instead of judging, attacking and purging.