Texans Decide that Bo French Was the ‘Problem’
Over the past couple weeks of voting, Texans woke up each day, looked at the coiffed mug of Railroad Commission GOP candidate Bo French, and—Tuesday night’s results…
Leave it to the French to portray Goethe’s dastardly King of Hell as a jaunty 16th-century boulevardier, a bon vivant in red leggings, tight-fitting doublet, pointy shoes, and a pheasant feather in his cap. That’s how this anti-hero has been depicted on stage ever since Charles Gounod’s masterpiece Faust debuted in 1859 (revised with ballet […]
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