Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, 320 years ago. In recent days, I discovered Ken Burns’s two episodes on Benjamin Franklin that aired in April 2022 on PBS.

Today, we celebrate the towering life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin—printer and philosopher, inventor and diplomat, public ...

"A Bison original."--Back cover. The inventor, the ladies' man, the affable diplomat, and the purveyor of pithy homespun wisdom: we all know the charming, resourceful Benjamin Franklin. What is less ...

This Saturday, Jan. 17, marks Benjamin Franklin’s birthday — his 320th, as a matter of fact! He was born in Boston in 1706 ...

Michael Douglas is taking on the role of a founding father in his upcoming miniseries, Franklin. The eight-episode Apple TV+ series, which premieres April 12, focuses on Benjamin Franklin's time in ...

“Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade!” ...