Western civilization will disintegrate without truth

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio created quite a stir at the Munich Security Conference last week. Rubio’s speech emphasized the shared heritage, history and culture of Europe and the United States – described broadly as “Western civilization” – and called upon the nations of Europe to defend and be proud of that heritage and to preserve it.

Rubio mentioned just a few of the great contributions Europe has made to America and the people of the world, including “the rule of law, the universities...