Benjamin Franklin Archives

Did Ben Franklin Pen the Famous ‘Death and Taxes’ Quote?

The quote about nothing being certain in life other than death and taxes has recently...

Did Ben Franklin Write About Freedom of Thought and Speech?

A quote-meme was shared on Facebook that claimed Franklin once talked about the importance of...

Did Ben Franklin Say ‘Beer Is Proof that God Loves Us and Wants Us To Be Happy’?

The passage about God, beer, and being happy has for years appeared in internet memes,...

Did Ben Franklin Leave $2,000 Each to Boston and Philadelphia?

The inventor clearly had a lot of faith in the future of the U.S.

Yellow Gadsden Flag Carries a Long and Shifting History

Often, people use a flag not because of what is explicitly displayed, but because of...

Founders: Removal from Office Is Not the Only Purpose of Impeachment

The Founders explained that impeachment was intended to have many important purposes, not just removing...

The Origins of Daylight Saving Time

Why do we fiddle with moving our clocks forward and back one hour twice a...

Benjamin Franklin Said to ‘Question Authority’?

We were unable to locate any evidence that Benjamin Franklin ever said it was the...

Michele Bachmann: ‘This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again’

During a Fox News interview, did Michele Bachmann say the U.S. could 'use a President...