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Student Blogger Shut Down and Sued by Butler University Over Free Speech

Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: College Students, Butler University, Alexander Hamilton, First Amendment, Crime, Bloggers, Jess Zimmerman, Virginia Tech, Barack Obama, Lawsuit, Freedom of Speech, University, Internet, College, Virginia Tech Massacre, Censorship, Benjamin Franklin, Media News
Stu Kreisman

Jess Zimmerman is a junior at Butler University. Last year he wrote criticisms of Butler's administration in an anonymous blog. We now have the first case of a university suing a student over online free speech.

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A Kilowatt Earned is a Kilowatt Saved

Patti Prairie | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Social Media, Climate Change, Franklin Roosevelt, Henry David Thoreau, Benjamin Franklin, Brighter Planet, Ban Ki-Moon, Global Warming, Green News
Patti Prairie

Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, and Theodore Roosevelt made the environment personal, not an abstract untouchable concept. We need to do the same on climate change.

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Don't Let 'Elites' Lock the Doors to the Library

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Philadelphia, Elite, Benjamin Franklin, Libraries, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

Public libraries, like schools or the fire department, are not luxuries. The public library is more than just our soul. It is our lifeblood.

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Large and in Charge

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Depression, Colonialism, Hawthorne, Fat, Strunk and White, My Friend Baker, Glamour Magazine, Girls Body Image, Women and Body Image, Natives, Body Image, How-to-Speed-Up-Metabolism, Christianity, Religious Conversion, Metabolism, Poor Richard's Almanack, My Friend Emily, Chinese Food, Benjamin Franklin, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

Whether you're colonizing natives in the New World or trying to keep women down without actually having to do anything, it's always good to make the people you control feel that everything is their idea.

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Common Sense: What You Guys Got on Capital Hill, We Want on Main Street!

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Single Payer, Health Care, Obama, Conservatives, Benjamin Franklin, Liberals, Politics News
Stephen Gyllenhaal

Single payer health care is the only option that makes sense, which is why Congress has it, and why I want it.

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Charlton Heston the Face of the USA? How Moses Was Chosen for the Great Seal

Bruce Feiler | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Adams, Charlton Heston, Thomas Jefferson, Moses, Fourth of July, Red Sea, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Politics News
Bruce Feiler

The committee's report offers vivid, behind-the-scenes evidence that the founders of the United States viewed themselves as acting in the image of Moses.

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Curse Words from an Old Manse

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, Napoleon, Slaves, Free Speech, Stupid, Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Henry Louis Gates, Cursing, Benjamin Franklin, Barack Obama, Politics News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

I strongly disagree with anyone caring about this "stupidly" business. Politics is serious, and sometimes people get fired up. Diplomatic speaking is for diplomats.

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What is Work? Part I: New Definitions

Sharon Glassman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Style

Read More: Aristotle, Work, Plato, Living, Poor Richard's Almanack, Tom Morris, How Stuff Works, Benjamin Franklin, James Brown, Happiness, Style News
Sharon Glassman

Today, when so many Americans are out of it, changing it, and doing it for themselves, has the definition of work changed?

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Discovering America

Frankie Martin | Posted 07.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Religion, Islam, American University, July 4th, Politics, Media, Keith Ellison, Isna, Thomas Jefferson, Journey Into America, America, Muslims, Entertainment, Independence Day, Akbar Ahmed, Benjamin Franklin, Entertainment News
Frankie Martin

In every country that we visited, the idea that Americans harbored negative opinions of Muslims was named as the "number one threat to the Muslim world" in surveys we distributed.

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Cheney and Torture

Jesse Larner | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abuse, Charles Krauthammer, John Yoo, George W. Bush, Rule of Law, Guantanamo, David Addington, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Abu Ghraib, American Enterprise Institute, Jay Bybee, Constitution, Dan Froomkin, Benjamin Franklin, Torture, Gop, Politics News
Jesse Larner

Cheney and his ilk don't understand liberty, and they don't understand freedom, what it costs and what it's worth. They are small men and cowards, selling out the rule of law at the first whiff of danger.

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Newly Discovered Ben Franklin Letters Sheds New Light On Early US History

CNN | Melissa Gray | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: u.s. History, Ben Franklin Letters, Benjamin Frankling Letters, Benjamin Franklin, Ben Franklin, United Kingdom, London-United Kingdom, Politics News

An American professor doing research in London stumbled across a series of previously unknown letters written by, to, and about Benjamin Franklin, a s...

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Benjamin Franklin Letters Found In London

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Alan Houston, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin Letters, Foreign Affairs, England, Ben Franklin Letters, Ben Franklin, Advocacy, Franklin Letters, New Franklin Letters, New Benjamin Franklin Letters, Ben Franklin Letters Found, Franklin Letters Found, Ben Franklin's Letters, World News

University of California - San Diego professor Alan Houston has discovered 47 copies of letters written by Benjamin Franklin in the Spring and Summer ...

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Tax Day Reminds Same-Sex Couples of Inequality

Naomi G. Goldberg | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, President Obama Gay Marriage, Taxes, Tax Day, The-Williams-Institute, President Obama, Gay Rights, Federal Taxes, State Taxes, Lbgt Rights, Benjamin Franklin, Gay Marriage, Ulca, Politics News
Naomi G. Goldberg

Candidate Obama promised equality for same-sex couples under federal law. We encourage President Obama to fulfill that promise before 2010 tax returns come due.

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It's All About the Benjamin Franklins During Chicago's Money Smart Week

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago Money Smart Week, Money Smart Week, Financial Illiteracy, Financial Literacy, Benjamin Franklin, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

Ben Franklin was out on the street decked out in his very best knickers and buckled shoes promoting the upcoming Money Smart Week.

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Michelle Obama's High Style for Hard Times

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.10.2009 | Style

Read More: History, Tracy Reese, Style, Eleanor Roosevelt, Donna Karan, Buckingham Palace, Thomas Jefferson, Vera Wang, Michele Obama Black Designers, Extravagance, Michelle Obama Style, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, High Fashion, Oscar De La Renta, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

Michelle Obama is apparently an excellent history student. Certainly she's learned from the example of other great figures from years past how to look wonderful without undue extravagance.

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How To Successfully Create Jobs With The Industrial Village

Anne Naylor | Posted 04.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Kassel Germany, Patrick Naylor, Social Breakdown, The Paddy Quotient, British Steel, Clear Results, Moral Responsibility, Job Creation, Benjamin Franklin, Living News
Anne Naylor

"Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin is one of my heroes. On the way to complete an errand in London...

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Why Limbaugh Is Right to Oppose Obama's Economic Policies

Lee Stranahan | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cpac, Ted Haggard, Rush Limbaugh, Speech, Michael Moore, Ann Coulter, President Obama, Crossfire, Treason, Pilgrims, Democrats, Benjamin Franklin, Republicans, Politics News
Lee Stranahan

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh wants Barack Obama's economic policies to fail. He said it, he said it again, and he said it again at CPAC. Limbaug...

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Why Your Vote Matters More Than You Think

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Gandhi, Oprah Winfrey, Nelson Mandela, Get Out the Vote, Founding Fathers, 2008 Election, Voter Apathy, Benjamin Franklin, Voting, Election Anxiety, Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

Just in case anyone reading this is planning not to vote on Nov. 4, I'd like to have a little chat with you. And for those who are voting, please kee...

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Majority Of Americans Say Founding Fathers Would Be Disappointed: Poll

CNN | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Politics News

According to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, 69 percent of adult Americans who responded to a poll June 26-29 said the signers of the Declara...

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Daylight Saving Time: 5 Fun Facts

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Daylight Saving Time Reason, Daylight Saving Time, Daylight Savings When, Daylight Saving History, Daylight Savings History, Daylight Saving Time Fun Facts, William Wilmett Daylight, Daylight Saving Origins, Benjamin Franklin Daylight Saving, Daylight Savings Time, Daylight Savings, Daylight Saving When, Daylight Savings Why, Dst, Benjamin Franklin, Daylight Saving Why, Living News

A Friendly HuffPost Reminder: It's Daylight Saving Time! So, tonight (tomorrow?) at 2AM, it will be time to turn your clocks forward ("Spring Ahead, ...

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The Founding Celebrities

Eric Burns | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: John Adams, Founding Fathers, Ryan Seacrest, Britney Spears, Benjamin Franklin, Fame, Alexander Hamilton, Virtue Valor and Vanity, Celebrities, Media News
Eric Burns

Alexander Hamilton was no less ambitious than Ryan Seacrest, but to Hamilton and the other Founding Fathers, fame was different then from what it is now.

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