Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...

The winter of 1740-1741 was miserable. Boston Harbor froze over. So did the Venice Lagoon. Crops died and famine reigned. Up ...

The film chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his early struggles as an apprentice under his brother, James, his rise as a prominent printer and writer, and his significant ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...

Benjamin Franklin was a true Renaissance man. After getting his start in the printing business, he went on to establish himself as a leading writer and political thinker in the English colonies in ...

But Franklin had ... a robust democracy for early Americans. “Franklin's pretty awesome,” Musk said. Last year I published “Ben & Me,” a book on Franklin’s life and philosophy, and ...