Italian Cultural Bureaucrats Stave Off Reform Once Again

Michael Kimmelman of the New York Times wrote an interesting piece in yesterday's paper about the latest apparent "victory" of the Italian cultural bureaucracy against efforts to reform the creaky system. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/arts/design/18abroad.html?pagewanted=1&sq=Kimmelman%20Italy&st=cse&scp=1 Certainly, this "victory" is as about hollow as one can be.