1. On the decline of sumptuousness in cinema, part II. 2. Funding canonical visions. 3. Thiel and Wolfe on the Pope and the Antichrist. 4. Claims about blue eyes. 5. Are the world’s best counterfeit artists in Colombia? (NYT) 6. Britain nationalizes its last major steel mill (NYT). 7. “Expected working life is 11 years […]