In the mid-1990s, a severe famine brought millions of North Koreans to the brink of starvation. Floods precipitated the crisis, but the failed economic policies of Kim Il Sung—the paranoid dictator intent on maintaining a vast military machine and acquiring nuclear weapons—were the real culprit.

The latest narrative from Team Obama about their Republican rivals is as straightforward as it is pernicious. We are asked to believe that because of their views about marriage, abortion, and human sexuality, conservatives are waging a “war against women” reminiscent of the Salem witch trials, circa 1692.