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Michael Douglas Says Playing Ben Franklin Made Him More Hopeful About Joe Biden
GQ via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRémy Grandroques Asking Michael Douglas about farts wasn’t on my personal bucket list, but sometimes...
The Money Side of Benjamin Franklin
Motley Fool· 2 years agoMichael Meyer, author of "Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet: The Favorite Founder's Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American...
Shayne Looper: A brief history of progress: Are we there yet?
Sturgis Journal via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn 1788, Benjamin Franklin wrote to a friend: “I have sometimes wished it had been my destiny to be...
10 Books About Inventors to Spark Your Next Big Idea
Biography via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThese inventors were moving fast and breaking things before disruption became a buzzword. Read their stories to find inspiration for your own big ideas.
10 Books About the Brilliant and Strange Lives of Famous Scientists
Biography via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBest Books About Scientists Reading books about scientists is a fantastic way to feed your brain....
Jonathan the Tortoise: World’s oldest living land animal celebrates 191st birthday
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe world’s oldest living land animal - a Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan - has just...
How a British Scientist’s Chance Encounter with Ben Franklin Gave Us Sparkling Water
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThough seltzer is everywhere in modern society, methods to force carbonate liquids are a relatively...
Letter to the Editor
Examiner Enterprise via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe people who founded this country were imaginative men: Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson said we needed no king at a time when most of the world was...
John Wilmerding (1938-2024)
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoMASTERPIECE Until around 1960, for anyone so inclined it was possible to read the entire bibliography of American art over the course of a single summer....
Looking back to move ahead: Governance, infrastructure and societal transformation in the...
Daily Messenger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoObservations from Canandaigua's town historian Leif HerrGesell The story of government is not new to...