During his farewell address from the Oval Office, Ronald Reagan referred to the country he loved as “that shining city upon a hill … a magnet for all who must have freedom.”  A century and a quarter earlier, Abraham Lincoln, on the verge of signing the Emancipation Proclamation, sent a letter to Congress in which he referred to America as “the last best hope of earth.” Now threatened by the kind of ironfisted crackdown common to every communist nation in history (no exceptions), the people of Hong Kong see the great United States of America as that shining city upon a hill. In the days since China threatened harsh action against the growing protest movement, freedom-loving Hong Kongers have defiantly waved U.S. flags at massive demonstrations in the city that finds itself in the crosshairs of the world’s most heavily armed communist nation. Not everyone sees America as that shining city on a hill, the last best hope of mankind. ...(Read Full Article)