There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality.
Charles KrauthammerThis week, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized control of the Yemeni government, heretofore pro-American. In September, they overran Sanaa, the capital. On Tuesday, they seized the presidential palace. On Thursday, they forced the president to resign.
Charles KrauthammerThe Iraquis can see it. The Kurds can feel it. The jihadists are counting on it.
Charles KrauthammerThere's no free lunch. If you want an industrial economy, you need energy. If you want energy, it will produce pollution. You can have it in two forms. You can have it dissipated in the atmosphere - like carbon dioxide - which then you cannot recover, or you can have the waste concentrated in one small space like nuclear. That is far easier to deal with. The idea that you can be able to create renewable energy at a price anywhere near the current price for oil or gas or coal is a fantasy.
Charles Krauthammer