Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American ...

Benjamin Franklin Day on Jan. 17 is a mark of respect to the great intellectual thinker who also donned the hats of a philosopher, scientist, diplomat, printer, publisher, and, most importantly, one ...

Let’s talk about the kite and the lightning storm. In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to this one experiment, in which Franklin demonstrated that ...

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 fly a ...