His father was the fourth generation in a long line of gentlemen ranchers—weekend cowboys who’d made their fortune in Austin as attorneys for large oil companies, but whose identity was still tied to the thousands of acres that the family owned near Marfa.
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Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
These things are just completely unacceptable and, as far as I'm concerned, both gentlemen need to go home.
Despite making choices that would bring traditional dudes to blows, these two forged a real connection, a real trust, a real relationship.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2026
Probably more dudes than Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State, but a year from now, the Irish will be rebuilding on defense, while those other programs are more likely to be reloading.
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