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“Who is a hero? I was not. I was just an ordinary housewife and secretary.” — Miep Gies, the last survivor of those who helped hide Anne Frank and her family. Ms. Gies died today, in an Amsterdam nursing home, at the age of 100.

That’s the provocative comparison being made in this opinion piece in today’s Los Angeles Times: A presidential candidate belonging to a historically despised minority group is elected partly because he and the way he talks don’t conform to a stereotype. Barack Obama, as characterized by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid? Yes, but also John F.…

The official Vatican newspaper has declined to give its blessing to the blockbuster of the year (century?).   From Variety: While “Avatar” is drawing near unanimous praise worldwide, the Vatican is scathingly slamming James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi epic as “sentimental hokum.” Following the Italo “Avatar” red carpet preem on Saturday in the Auditorium Conciliazione, a…

And it’s part of a large and very busy slate of activities planned for the anniversary of Roe v. Wade: Pro-life activists flocking to the nation’s capital for the 37th March for Life Jan. 22 will be buoyed by recent polls that say they are among the majority of Americans who identify themselves as pro-life.…
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