Benjamin Franklin

We need more Ben Franklin in our lives. He is the least dead of America's founders, a tonic for our troubled times. Those are just a few of the takeaways from Eric Weiner’s new book, "Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder’s Formula for a Long and Useful Life."

At the time of the Declaration of Independence it wasn't known what electricity was. A fluid, perhaps? Or a fire?The 1st English edition of Franklin's…