RARE PHOTOS: 9 | Vintage Vibes

The Power of Dividend Reinvestment in REITs

Once upon a time in the United States, regular savings accounts paid over 5% interest. The May 31, 1979, issue of the New York Times reported that federal regulators allowed commercial banks to pay 5.25% interest on their savings accounts, while savings and loans and mutual savings banks were able…

Benzinga · Jul 19, 2022

Jack Nicklaus joins Bobby Jones, Ben Franklin – yes, that Ben Franklin! – as the only Americans granted honorary citizenship from St. Andrews

Nicklaus won two of his British Open titles at The Old Course and played eight Opens in all there.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 12, 2022

Commentary: Let’s replace cancel culture with a culture of honesty

Upon leaving the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin told his fellow citizens that it had produced “a Republic, if you can keep it.” His answer contained a warning that still resonates. The continued success of America’s journey depends on our ability to settle our domestic political disagreements through dialogue rather than…

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2022

Pornography, the devil and baboons in fancy dress: what went on at the infamous historical Hellfire Club

After a month of waiting, the season finale of Stranger Things season 4 has almost arrived on Netflix. This season, along with the nightmarish arch-villain Vecna, we have been introduced to “the Hellfire Club” – the Dungeons and Dragons club of Hawkins high school.

The Conversation · Jun 30, 2022

Bethany Firth targeting Commonwealth Games 'first' in Birmingham

“To win a Commonwealth Games medal would give me the whole collection."

Belfast Live · Jun 21, 2022

25 unknown facts about Thomas Jefferson

Apparently the third president harvested opium and had a pet mockingbird named Dick

Salon · Apr 30, 2022

Ben Franklin, pop culture darling

The founding father who keeps popping up (but was cut from “Hamilton”) is arguably our true national treasure

Salon · Apr 6, 2022

Ken Burns on the flawed Ben Franklin

PBS' two-part documentary shows our country's most relatable Founding Father – statesman, inventor ... rascal

Salon · Apr 4, 2022

Ben Franklin was the most famous American of his era. Ken Burns' new doc shows why

If we are reckoning by money, Benjamin Franklin — the man on the $100 bill — is 20 times as important as Abraham Lincoln, 100 times as important as George Washington and 10 times as important as Alexander Hamilton, notwithstanding "Hamilton." This is bad math, of course, because there is…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 4, 2022

‘There are times when I feel lonely’: Elon Musk opens up in interview that touches on personal life

The Tesla founder shared his thoughts on Putin, Benjamin Franklin and why the US’s ‘ancient leadership’ showed humans shouldn’t live forever in new interview

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2022