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Ken Burns on Ben Franklin

Ken Burns on Ben Franklin

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Sep 17, 2022
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So Ken Burns recently came out with another documentary—I reviewed it for Law&Libery, to defend the man of genius from the mediocrity of our times.

Burns’ latest four-hour, two-episode documentary is on Benjamin Franklin, the likeliest of the founders to fit his ideal. Here is a man who might persuade liberals to dedicate themselves to knowledge in a pra…

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