Robert L. Merz is a native Philadelphian, and the author of: "A Declaration of American Business Values: Ethics, Equity, and Efficiency in the New Millennium," and "The Great Man Theory is Bull: ...

Historical southern city unveils new statue and marker honoring the city’s namesake, Benjamin Franklin I don’t want ...

Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia is the country's oldest hospital and will become a museum for the nation's 250th birthday in 2026.

The conference is free and open to the public. Livestreaming is available. Registration for in-person attendance ...

Before 1751, sick Pennsylvanians had few healthcare options other than often expensive home visits from doctors. That changed when Benjamin Franklin and physician Thomas Bond established a medical ...

Dear Founding Fathers, You don’t know me, but I know you all through your writings and many books written about you. I know you the most through the constitution that you crafted. I admire you, ...

In line with its mission for learning and growth, the Urbana Free Library will host the “Journey to Freedom: Illinois’ Underground Railroad” exhibit until March 29.

In “Miracle at Philadelphia,” Catherine Drinker Bowen details the personalities involved in crafting the U.S. Constitution, including James Madison, scholarly expert on the history of governments, ...

The following were recorded at the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds Office for Feb. 2-6: AKRON BOROUGH Betty J. Harlan conveyed 926 Broad St. to Yates Madelyn, Yates Raymond for $275,000. Jane L.

George W. Bush's essay on the first president amounts to a gentle, but pointed and unmistakable, critique of Donald Trump, his grandiose self-image, and the me-first character of his America First ...

President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around ...