SUNDAY MORNING DECLINE AND FALL: “What do you hold to be the top five — objective — causes of the collapse of the Roman Empire? Why do you think them more important than the others?”, asks Claire Berlinski at Ricochet. “And don’t you find it relaxing to take a day away from contemplating current affairs? I don’t know why thinking about this subject hasn’t relaxed me yet, but I’m sure it will as I meditate upon it more deeply.”