The April 21, 2013 issue of The New York Times featured yet another article about how bureaucratic inefficiency is leading to the total collapse of Pompeii (“The Latest Threat to Pompeii’s Treasures: Italy’s Red Tape“, by Rachel Donadio and Elisabetta Povoledo). This article was occasioned by the start of the Great Pompeii Project, a $137 million project undertaken by the European Union. And the article’s conclusion was the same as that of every other article– i.e., that without major changes in how Italy operates, nothing will be accomplished.