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Benjamin Franklin Was the Nation’s First Newsman
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoBenjamin Franklin was, in his own words, “the youngest son of the youngest son for five Generations back.” Born to a Boston candlemaker who had emigrated...
A.J. Jacobs' 6 favorite books that explore America's foundation
The Week via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoA.J. Jacobs is the author of "The Know-It-All" and "The Year of Living Biblically." In his new book,...
Waterfront New Franklin home with unassuming exterior sells for $570K. Take a look inside
Akron Beacon Journal· 6 hours agoNine homes that sold for $500,000 or more led sales for Akron in mid-March, including a waterfront...
Gary Brown: Financial advice from Ben Franklin remains relevant
Gannett via AOL· 2 days ago"I have heard, that nothing gives an author so great pleasure, as to find his works respectfully...
Brokaw: Michael Douglas is Ben Franklin in new Apple TV+ limited series
Provo Daily Herald· 6 days ago“Franklin” is an eight-episode limited series on Apple TV+ starring Michael Douglas. The series is...
Tolls may be going up to cross the Delaware River for the first time in 13 years
New Jersey 101.5 FM· 5 days agoFor more than a decade, New Jersey commuters crossing into Pennsylvania have been used to paying...
Santa Fe writers took Franklin to Paris
Tribune via AOL· 4 days agoMay 17—Those who have a vision of Benjamin Franklin as a benevolent inventor tinkering with kites and electrical currents and writing homilies in his Poor ...
Davos gravy train is leaving the station
Politico· 4 hours agoOnly 100 years, I hear you say? While Benjamin Franklin is famously known as America’s first diplomat, serving as ambassador to France in the early days ...
Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?
The New Yorker· 1 day agoThe most potent enemy of reading, it goes without saying, is the small, flat box that you carry in your pocket. There’s no point in grinding through a whole book—a chewy bunch ...
Mark your calendar: Upcoming events in the Lynchburg area
RockinghamNow.com, Eden and Reidssville· 12 hours agoArlene Blackburn's 2024 exhibit “Through the Threads of Time” is inspired by her time at the Ghost...
