THE IDLE AMERICAN: Mort in mourning

THE IDLE AMERICAN: Mort in mourning

Taxation without representation is tyranny. Though it’s hard to nail down who initially coined this statement, it was the hue and cry of “British Americans” when they fought during the American Revolution 260 years ago. My Uncle Mort — a homespun philosopher lazily whittling away the day from a cane-bottom chair on the porch of the thicket’s general store — came up with a rejoinder. It’s one that millions of Americans currently believe but don’t…

NEWBURY: Mort in mourning

Taxation without representation is tyranny. Though it’s hard to nail down who initially coined this statement, it was the hue and cry of “British Americans” when they fought during the American Revolution 260 years ago.