A Lot of Hot Air Coming From China

A high-altitude balloon floats over Billings, Montana, on Feb. 1, 2023. The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over American airspace. The Pentagon would not confirm that the balloon in the photo is the surveillance balloon. Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP

Commentary

I was always told as a kid that if you are caught doing something you shouldn’t be doing it was best to stand up and own your mistake. Pretending that you were not engaged in what is clearly a bad act is rarely a good move and, on the contrary, is laughable the more you are in denial. To wit: If you are seen with your hand in the cookie jar, don’t tell mom you are conducting a quality control experiment on chocolate chip distribution patterns per biscuit.