MICHAEL WALSH: Eternal City May Not Be So Eternal After All: Rome Is Falling Apart.

Rome’s problem, like so many other places in Europe, is that it has essentially become a theme park, heavily dependent on tourism but contributing next to nothing to the sum total of human knowledge or prosperity these days. Far too many Europeans are content to snooze the rest of their lives and cultures away; meanwhile, beasts like ISIS are licking their chops.

Human nature abhors a power vacuum.