One of the smaller effects of JFK’s assassination is that the government put his image on half dollar coins beginning in 1964. Those coins permanently replaced the Benjamin Franklin 50-cent ...

Once, Ben Franklin stores were a staple of small-town America, the sort of old fashioned variety store where shoppers could ...

Benjamin Franklin once said that the only certainties in life are death and taxes, and tariffs are taxes paid by companies on goods imported from another country. In fact, when ...

While you might expect some of America's most valuable relics to be items like jewelry or coins, you might be surprised to ...

Barbara Henderson and Patrick Doherty, owners of the Ben Franklin Store in Chatham say the store has been struggling for ...

Maybe it’s time to revive Franklin’s wisdom not just as a historical footnote, but as a model for modern living. America doesn’t need more viral moments. It needs more focused citizens and quiet ...