Update 2/2/17: Thanks for the shoutout, Tengrain!
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| Dr. Faustus dragged to Hell by demons in a production of Marlowe's play at the Oak Park Festival Theater, June 1981; photo by Chris Harris (who designed the set). |
Shorter David Brooks, "The Republican Fausts", New York Times, January 31 2017:
Congressional Republicans need to back out of their Faustian bargain with the Mephistophelean Donald Trump before they lose their souls!Alas, it's not that easy to back out of a Faustian bargain. You give up your soul when you sign, pal. Unless the Virgin Mary intercedes, but frankly that's a revisionist version of the story, and it lacks credibility.
