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Who really controls Greg Abbott?

Who really controls Greg Abbott?

Greg Abbott is worried. After three terms as Texas governor, the Republican had every reason to believe the office was his as long as he wanted it. But Abbott is now seeing his Democratic opponent, state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, get uncomfortably close to him in the polls. Suddenly, the governor has to be mindful of negative press, something he’s lost practice at in the decade-plus he’s been in office. Abbott avoided a recent campaign stop from Donald Trump, lest he be seen in the vicinity of the unpopular president or Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who appears to be facing an uphill battle in his own Senate race against state Rep. James Talarico. The governor is so concerned about his re-election prospects that he recently reversed his position on data centers, which have grown increasingly unpopular, and is now calling for moratoriums and restrictions on their construction. But one issue Abbott hasn’t budged on is his all-out war on public education. Schools in Texas are wildly underfunded, with hundreds having to reduce students to …

How Greg Evigan became “possessed” by The Beatles

How Greg Evigan became “possessed” by The Beatles

Actor and musician Greg Evigan joined host Kenneth Womack to talk about becoming “possessed” by the Beatles, his new album and much more on “Everything Fab Four,” a podcast co-produced by me and Womack — a music scholar who also writes about pop music for Salon — and distributed by Salon. Evigan, best known for his roles on the classic TV series “B.J. and the Bear” and “My Two Dads,” (which co-starred previous “Everything Fab Four” guest Paul Reiser), has also long been a singer and composer. As he told Womack, “With every show I ever did I was always thinking, how can I incorporate my music into it?” Evigan began piano lessons at the age of eight due to his “very inspirational” mother who was an “incredible pianist,” so he already had music in his blood by the time he was 10 years old when The Beatles first appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” As he said of watching them perform, “My sister and me – I don’t know what happened to us. We …