Curtains

Or: So Long, Farewell

Seven Little von Trapps…and then there were none.

How do you solve a problem like Maria? In Texas, the answer would be “by lethal injection”. Austria—where her ghastly crimes were committed—abolished death penalty decades ago. Capital punishment might not be an appropriate solution for dealing with a flibbertigibbet or will-o’-the-wisp, but in certain p…