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a little art indulgence

I love this guy's work (though not that really that first one, it's too much like Bazille). Partly because it reminds me of work like this and this. That's all for the moment--back to my cave I go.

Lovely weather we're having.

Actually, last night was great because we didn't have to go anywhere. We made a snowman and watched it keep snowing. When it did virtually the same thing tonight, though, it was not as nice, because the ensuing traffic chaos meant I had to walk home from the U District. In heels. I had a feeling today was not destined to be a dress-up day.

Zeit photo series: Synagogues in Germany

A quick survey ; they'd linked to it from a story on Munich's new synagogue. The SZ has more pics of Munich specifically, but is s-l-o-w.

And while I'm thinking of new religious architecture in Germany, here's the SZ's page on the yet-to-be-built Sendlinger Mosque.

Who's right

A study being discussed in the papers today (in the FR, e.g.) says that more western Germans haveright-wing attitudes than do eastern Germans--at 9.1% versus 6.6%.

I'll come back to this when I've actually had a chance to read more...if you've followed the discussion, I'd be interested to know what you think of those results.

One bit I found striking from the FR's coverage:

Rechtsextremismus ist in allen Altersgruppen vorhanden, mit steigendem Alter wächst die Zustimmung vor allem zu chauvinistischen, ausländerfeindlichen und antisemitischen Aussagen. ... Es sind also nicht die Jugendlichen, so die Studie, unter denen rechtsextremistische Einstellungen am stärksten verbreitet sind, deshalb sollte die Politik nicht einseitig auf Jugendarbeit setzen. Auch bei den Älteren gibt es durchaus Zustimmung zu Gewalt.