I just got through reading Walter Issacson’s biography of Benjamin Franklin. What can I say? I knew the story of how “Dr. Franklin” was a printer, helped tame electricity, invented bifocals, was a world-class diplomat among other things. What I didn’t realize is just how pivotal he was in inventing the United States of America Why if it wasn’t for Poor Richard, we’d all be speaking English!
Franklin had a curiosity which served him well. He was not a masterful writer, but wrote to his favorite audience: the common man.