We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
—Jimmy Carter

Keeping track of where your online reading takes you can be worthwhile. Here's an example. Today starts with cnn.com where the new cover story from Time magazine features the hype and preview of Star Wars: Episode II. Why not? Take a look. It's a cultural phenomenon. Time's feature includes a look into the lives of the leads, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman. The big picture: what are they doing between now and the filming of the third act in Lucas' operetta next year. One bit of information about Ms. Portman is curious. She recently opened up to the Harvard campus with a smart editorial response to an op-ed piece in The Crimson about the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. Taking an approach outside of the current American political views, she raises an important challenge:

We must be ashamed of every act of violence and mourn every child as if they were our own. I pray for the safety of all those in the region and hope that we may someday use our unique human assets of language and empathy rather than military technology or propaganda to resolve this conflict.

Decide where you stand with Portman's letter to the editors.

Get the big picture about "Mr. and Mrs. Vader".