When, and if, World War III commences between Islamists and the tattered remnants of Western democracy, America is now on notice of a dwindling list of allies to fight alongside it. This past week was a pitiful reminder of the back-stabbing spinelessness that now governs once-great countries.

A young man of politically conservative leanings and Christian faith offers to debate students who hold fixed progressive, nonsectarian viewpoints. It has the makings of a civics lesson par excellence—the First Amendment in all its star-spangled glory.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be the Michael Corleone of the Middle East. Fans of the “The Godfather” films know that there is no denouement without all family debts settled and enemies eliminated.

The lazy days of summer’s end skipped the United Kingdom and Australia this year. Mass protests swept across the Western world. Tens of thousands gathered in U.K. cities such as London, Epping, Bristol, Birmingham, Falkirk, Gloucester, Newcastle and Essex, where the streets were decorated with Union Jack flags. There were smaller rallies in Scotland and Wales.