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, Autobiography Franklin’s willingness to change his views based on new evidence offers a powerful lesson for today’s political climate. Early in his life, Franklin opposed ...

“Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder’s Formula for a Long and Useful Life.” Weiner considers Franklin to be “the least dead” founding father. Franklin’s autobiography has been called ...

Benjamin Franklin was a true Renaissance man ... shock that he was pretty intentional about his time, according to his autobiography.