Benjamin Franklin

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

Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media


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.

A Kilowatt Earned is a Kilowatt Saved

Patti Prairie | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green


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.

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

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


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.

Large and in Charge

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy


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.

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

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Stephen Gyllenhaal

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

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

Bruce Feiler | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


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.

Curse Words from an Old Manse

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics


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.

What is Work? Part I: New Definitions

Sharon Glassman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Style


Sharon Glassman

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

Discovering America

Frankie Martin | Posted 07.24.2009 | Entertainment


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.

Cheney and Torture

Jesse Larner | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics


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.

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

CNN | Melissa Gray | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics


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

Benjamin Franklin Letters Found In London

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2009 | World


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

Tax Day Reminds Same-Sex Couples of Inequality

Naomi G. Goldberg | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics


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.

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

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.15.2009 | Chicago


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.

Michelle Obama's High Style for Hard Times

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.10.2009 | Style


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.

How To Successfully Create Jobs With The Industrial Village

Anne Naylor | Posted 04.07.2009 | Living


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...

Why Limbaugh Is Right to Oppose Obama's Economic Policies

Lee Stranahan | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics


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...

Why Your Vote Matters More Than You Think

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living


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...

Majority Of Americans Say Founding Fathers Would Be Disappointed: Poll

CNN | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics


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...

Daylight Saving Time: 5 Fun Facts

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


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, ...

The Founding Celebrities

Eric Burns | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


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.