One of the bravest men in the world

Both Solzhenitsyn and Kierkegaard said that courage is the rarest commodity in these modern times.

Chen Guangcheng is a man of immense courage.  Blinded as a boy because his parents could not afford the 31 cents needed for medicine, he has fought for human rights as a lawyer in China.

His reward?  Torture, imprisonment, threats, and more torture.  Then a welcome from the Obama administration when he fled for sanctuary, only to be followed by betrayal when America cravenly caved to pressure from Beijing.

Here is his inspiring story, with lessons on how we should think about, and deal with, China.