The New York Times is reporting that the EU has a tentative agreement ready for allowing Turkey membership. Turkish media is reporting that their foreign minister has signed on to some sort of preliminatry deal—which the Turkish government is denying.

Perhaps the deal is the sort of half-membership Austria's been pushing for, and the Turks don't want to look like they're bending over for the EU, and specifically ex-USSR countries who's EU memberships still have the plastic wrapping on.

Either way, this is going to get buried in the Miers nomination. Too bad, too: where Turkey goes the next 20 years is critically important to the security of the West. But instead of that making the front page of the Times, we get to hear about how Harriet Miers has never even been a judge. Well, that's not a bad thing, as Akiba Covitz and Mark Tushnet argue convincingly in this week's New Republic.

Turkey is a LOT more important than Miers. The ignorance of Americans about the rest of the world is probably our greatness weakness in the national security area. This applies to both politicans and their appointees high up in the State Dept. - Drink Turkish Coffee and Wake Up (title of an Israeli pop song in the 70s)

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Speaking of important international news, Mexico beat Brazil 3-0 yesterday to win their first Under-17 title. Viva Mexico!! -- Real and Real Futbol Fan

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