I'd actually be interested in a discussion on religion from the European perspective. There's too much religion in US politics, way too much (well, of course I'd think that as I think that) there is still too much of it in Europe, but we've learnt to channel it into less disruptive ways. The German institutionalisation of the churches (which is also visible, in a twist of fate, in Alsace-Moselle as these laws came into force when it was part of Germany and were never repealed when it came back into France - so the archbishop of Strasbourg is officially named by the President of France) would certainly be worth a diary of its own...

And please post pictures of Emmanuelle Beart as much as you like!

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes