The North Koreans are likely to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile this week that has the range to hit the West Coast. This means Kim Jong Il and company now have something to do with the dozen-or-so nuclear weapons they have built. And so, for perhaps the first time since Stalin achieved nuclear armaments in 1947, the United States is confronting the ultimate weapon in the hands of a psychopath. Will the North Koreans use their newfound status to drop a bomb on Seattle or San Francisco? I wouldn’t bet against it. They have nothing to lose. Most Americans could...