Franklin on Frank

You have to go read this post from Franklin about visiting Anne Frank's house during his trip to Amsterdam. No, really--it's true that Anne Frank's story lends itself to bathos in the hands of lesser writers, but Franklin is too good for that.

Go read it. I insist.

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P.S. While you're at it, you may wish to read everything Franklin's written since he got back from Holland (and of course before, as well, but let's try to have SOME focus here), especially his amusing summary of his experiences "abroad" and his very depressing account of racial profiling on the way home. (For some reason the INS dude's last "yeah, right" pisses me off more than the whole rest of it. You?)