Crackdown in Hong Kong

The courageous Hong Kong newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai is imprisoned; the barristers Martin Lee and Margaret Ng are on trial, or will be, and we cannot expect them to be treated fairly. Let us keep them in our minds and hearts, and pray for them if we believe in prayer; let us also remember I know not how many thousands of Uighurs being re-educated out of their culture and religion, with all the brutality to be expected. As I wrote several years ago in my first post with this tag, “Let us honor our heroes, and strive to have the courage to imitate them.”

As to Xi Jinping, when someone shows you who he is, believe him. We as a nation should be prepared to do what we can to counter Chinese expansionism, and the export of Communist China’s authoritarian model. Keep your powder dry.