Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of America, wrote a hilarious satire about farts to criticise the ...

I often conduct research alone in libraries and archives. For example, a recent project investigated at the Nubar Library in ...

Are we a republic or a democracy? Benjamin Franklin stated, “It’s a republic if you can keep it.” At that time, only wealthy, white landowners had the right to vote. They didn’t represent all citizens ...

This plain suit would have created a stark contrast between Franklin and those in the elaborate dress typical of the opulent French Court, and Franklin crafted his appearance knowing that it was a ...

Trump’s rococo Oval Office decorations are old-fashioned, just not for Americans.

In 1773, one unidentified official's disagreement with his boss, and his actions to inform Americans about it, played a big ...

Washington loves a leaker. An “unidentified source” who’s willing to spill the beans and dish on his boss or colleagues.

“In America the law is king,” wrote Paine. “For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ...

Memorandum across the centuries to the Honorable Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: After the U.S. Constitution  was drafted, you were asked what type ...

In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have used data from a 120-year-old ...

On April 19, 1775, our forefathers were fed up with a tyrant, George III, and "fired the shot heard 'round the world." In ...