The French have sneered at America when Los Angeles erupted in riots, when New Orleans flooded, and on many other occasions, such as walking past a McDonald's outlet. The New York Sun editorializes today: As the Chicago Sun—Times reported in 1992: "the consensus of French pundits is that something on the scale of the Los Angeles riots could not happen here, mainly because France is a more humane, less racist place with a much stronger commitment to social welfare programs." But Sun wisely counsels against indulging in too much schadenfreude in the wake of night 8 of the Paris intifada. If the French ever lose their country to the Islamofascists, as demographic trends indicate they might someday, we will face an adversary with hydrogen bombs. The Sun could not resist suggesting that Prime Ministre Sharon of Israel might well have some words to President Chirac about ending the "cycle of violence" in suburban Paris. Touche! But humor aside, the Sun (and I) think...(Read Full Post)