Quiet Resolve

Few "points of light" have lifted my spirit, of late, but the vision of Aung San Suu Kyi on a tour of America has somehow managed to do just that.

Speaking to supporters last year

Beyond any US domestic politics, she represents what few still do in this day and age: A very real symbol and voice (though still small, perhaps) for hope and change in her oppressed, "gulag" controlled country of Myanmar (Burma).

As the highlight of her two weeks, escorted and draped by various cognizatti (representative, it is hoped, of the full American democratic spectrum) she will travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana, home to over 5,000 Burmese expatriates.

Spending much of the last 20 years under "house arrest" by her country's military junta, Ms. Suu Kyi has received several noteworthy awards as well as much acclaim, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

May her voice only get louder.