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Topic: Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin portrait by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Ken Burns on the flawed Ben Franklin

Hanh Nguyen
ortrait of American politician, scientist, and philosopher Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence, 1770s. (Stock Montage/Getty Images)

Ben Franklin’s fight against a virus

Mark Canada, Christian Chauret - The Conversation
George Washington is the figure standing on the dais. The central figures of the portrait are Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison. Painting by Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952).

The Founding Fathers on impeachment

Clark D. Cunningham - The Conversation
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Trump's wall obstructs our philosophy

Patrick Mendis - The Globalist
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Thom Hartmann - Alternet
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Ben Carson's theocratic lie

Sean Illing

Our Founders, alien-obsessed

Matthew Stewart

The real George Washington

Elias Isquith
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Matthew Rozsa - The Daily Dot
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