Walter Isaacson

On Walter Isaacson’s biographical project.

The filmmaker’s new documentary on Benjamin Franklin tells an old and misleading story.

On the centuries-long historical evolution of a serpentine symbol.

Samuel W. Franklin’s latest book explains how we sold ourselves out to a fake virtue.

He was the only person ever to be national security adviser and secretary of state at the same time. He was also the target of relentless critics.

The overlooked first mentor of Thomas Jefferson.

How a pop historian shaped the soul of Biden’s presidency.

How the ’60s counterculture gave birth to personal computers and the vast tech industry that builds and sells them.