This month marks Benjamin Franklin’s 320th birthday. Near the end of his life, he wondered what life would be like “two or three centuries hence.” Well, here we are. What would Franklin make of it? He ...

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

Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote, “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success ...

Valentine’s Day 2026: Long before affection was reduced to emojis and instant replies, love revealed itself gradually, shaped ...

As a letter to Franklin from George Washington goes up for auction, the author and inventor also figures in New York Lottery commercials.