Television networks postponed season premieres. Dinners at home replaced dinners out. Today, however, is the first day of the rest of America's life. Stock markets reopen. Baseball resumes play, with football to follow over the weekend.
Airlines begin building back their schedules.
Obviously, it will not be the Monday we imagined a week ago. The markets will be watching for a big sell-off. Athletes and fans will be distracted. Some airlines already have laid off employees, and Congress will discuss a bailout. Those who took part in Tuesday's attacks want to disrupt a society and culture they revile.