https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/03/hanging-separately/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 09:29:48 -0400<![CDATA[Danger is supposed to be a great unifying factor.  Convening the First Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies to forge a common response to the the British Parliament’s passage of the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts appears in retrospect to be a natural act. Benjamin Franklin famous observation that &#8220;we must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately&#8221; before signing the Declaration of Independence, an act of capital treason toward the British Crown, is easy to regard as a common sense observation.]]>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:56:05 -0500<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/01/03/hanging-separately-n186895