Democracy takes a turn for the worse in Iraq

Bad news from the New York Times yesterday: Shiite and Kurdish lawmakers have made a “clarification” to the rules on how the new Iraqi constitution will be passed: Under the new rules, the constitution will fail only if two-thirds of all registered voters – rather than two-thirds of all those actually casting ballots – reject …

EU agrees on talks with Turkey

Now we wait. Update, Turkey has accepted the deal… “Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Ankara had reached agreement on a draft deal, and was flying to Luxembourg for the start of the talks.” Austria was the last hold out keeping the EU from opening talks with Turkey.. they have apparently, fallen into line. Now …

CBC and Media Guild Agreement reached

Big news today from the CBC… on the Eve of the start of the NHL season, the CBC and its’ workers have reached an agreement in principal. The best information on what the final contract looks like seems to be coming from the Media Guild union website: It’s a 4 year deal.. with an average …