What's in a gesture?

Some people might minimize the significance of President Obama's warm handshake with Hugo Chavez this past week or his bow to Saudi King Abdullah at the G-20. If you're one of those people, please consider this from Jay Nordlinger in the Corner. Anyway, in my column, I mention Sharansky, and I want to quote him a bit. When he was in the Gulag, he met a fellow prisoner, a Christian named Volodya.