MIKE GRACIA

1948

1947

In the face of widespread opposition in the American colonies,
Parliament enacted the Stamp Act, a taxation measure designed
to raise revenue for British military operations in America.

Defense of the American colonies in the French and Indian War
(1754-63) and Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763-64) were costly affairs
for Great Britain, and Prime Minister George Grenville hoped to
recover some of these costs by taxing the colonists. In 1764, the
Sugar Act was enacted, putting a high duty on refined sugar.

Although resented, the Sugar Act tax was hidden in the cost of
import duties, and most colonists accepted it. The Stamp Act,
however, was a direct tax on the colonists and led to an uproar
in America over an issue that was to be a major cause of the
Revolution: taxation without representation.

IF CON IS THE OPPOSITE OF

PRO, IS CONGRESS THE

OPPOSITE OF PROGRESS?

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

“The War of the Worlds”, Orson Welles’s realistic radio drama
of a Martian invasion of Earth, was originally broadcast live on
the CBS network, Sunday evening, October 30, 1938.

Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater company
decided to update H.G. Wells’ 19th-century science fiction novel
The War of the Worlds for national radio. Despite his age, Welles
had been in radio for several years, most notably as the voice of
“The Shadow” in the hit mystery program of the same name. “War
of the Worlds” was not planned as a radio hoax, and Welles had
little idea of how legendary it would eventually become.

Orson Welles as he was interviewed after the “War of the Worlds” broadcast in 1938. (Daily News)