Author: gilgamesh

cross-posted at New European Times I’m now in a better position to help clear up what’s been happening, or apparently happening, in Italy in the last few days. With Berlusca, however, it’s almost impossible to...

After the catastrophic regional elections in which the Center-left won 11 of the 13 presidencies of the regions which were up for election, Berlusconi went into a state of denial and tried to smother over any problems about the...

This is a rerun of a diary which I wrote about a month or so ago and posted on dkos. I am reposting it here in response to Welshman’s important challenge to transform the blogosphere into a more positive and constructive...

Update [2005-4-5 9:17:39 by gilgamesh]: thanks to The Maven for offering some clarification on the regional electoral system. [promoted by BooMan] First of all, I need to clarify some misconceptions and misunderstandings about...