The United States is again, for the second time in less than three years, being reminded of its absurd dependence of foreign sources of energy. The upheavals in the Middle East have driven up the cost of a barrel of oil into triple digits as the increasing demands of countries such as China and India [...]

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel announced this week that the country’s attempt at creating a multicultural society has “failed completely.” Note she did not say “isn’t working very well…” or “We need more money and time to research this” or “We just aren’t trying hard enough… It’s an abject failure. It doesn’t work. It won’t work. [...]