At the outset of Christopher Marlowe’s late 16th-century play “The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus,” the scholar at the center of the tale abandons all the learning he has mastered.
Law, philosophy, medicine — none of these have fulfilled his boundless ambition.
Vance of Ohio, who on Monday was offered and accepted the invitation to be Donald Trump’s running mate.
What he has renounced in the process is in the public record for all to see.
Mr. Trump’s White House tenure, he said, had changed his mind, but it’s hard to take the senator entirely at his word.
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