The book was written before the current Russian invasion of Ukraine. But if you’re been following the news and images coming out of Ukraine, you know that the Ukrainian citizens are courageous directly in the face of Russian arms. They stand in front of Russian tanks. They demonstrate and chant in front of armed Russian soldiers. Old women give sunflower seeds to the Russian soldiers. They will not give in to the bullying of Putin, a Russian authoritarian leader.
Meanwhile in our own country there is barely a handful of the Repuglican “leaders” in Congress who will even voice criticism of our own bulling wanna be authoritarian. We have more than an ample number of candidates for the sequel “Profiles in Cowardice and Avarice”.
Let us support Ukraine and her citizens to the fullest extent possible as they are true patriots, and demonstrate how to resist an authoritarian bully.