French fires for fuel, freedom or just frenzy?

Bombarded daily with incessant sniping and salacious allegations, Americans are weary of the high drama constantly spinning out of Washington, so we have little interest or patience for all the bickering and nonsense from Europe. Who cares if Germany’s Angela Merkel survives yet another no confidence vote or settles another million migrants in the Fatherland? Who cares if Britain obtains an amicable equitable divorce from the European Union? And who cares if French protestors burn Paris to the ground?

Perhaps we should. While Europe is a vastly different society of dying cultures, the...