{"id":3395,"date":"2026-01-31T20:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/?p=3395"},"modified":"2026-01-31T20:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:05:56","slug":"few-true-cares-have-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldulysses.com\/?p=3395","title":{"rendered":"few true cares have i"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>as the world turns round<br>i was blind but<br>now I&#8217;m still blind<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My kingdom for a woman with a voice half as angelic as Harriet Wheeler&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"24 Hours\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GZQP2rzBIbs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Re)discovered The Sundays after hearing one of their songs at, of all places, the gym.  And it wasn&#8217;t even their biggest hit, or close to it, but just a random track (&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GyAQ3z6xMxM\">On Earth<\/a>&#8220;) from their second album.  I was doing my final set of upright rows, and Wheeler&#8217;s voice wafted in through the overhead speakers, and I had to find out what I was hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, it&#8217;s cold outside and our government continues to degrade itself.  Every day, the news is filled with some fresh sign of our civilizational decline into autocracy, whether it&#8217;s the regime&#8217;s latest efforts to create an unaccountable paramilitary force, or Congress&#8217; utter cowardice and wanton impotence in discharging its responsibility to check the executive branch&#8217;s corruption and use of our Constitution as toilet paper.  I&#8217;ve firmly decided to vote straight Democrat in the midterms this fall.  We need divided government as soon as possible; I just hope our country&#8217;s judicial system hasn&#8217;t been so politicized and compromised as to be unable to prosecute everyone involved in this shambolic and malevolent administration.  My favorite perspective on the current state of affairs comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/author\/nick-catoggio\/\">Nick Catoggio<\/a> over at <em>The Dispatch<\/em>.  He&#8217;s as pessimistic concerning the outlook as I am, so reading his columns isn&#8217;t exactly a pick-me-up, but his analysis is so clear-eyed and thoughtful that it rewards thorough consideration.  I&#8217;ve been reading him for the past 15-odd years, and he&#8217;s always had a remarkable talent for succinctly examining an issue, its causes and motivating factors, and its potential outcomes, and communicating them in a vivid, readable way.  Recommended, but only for the reassurance that at least one other person&#8217;s eyes are open to exactly what&#8217;s going on, not as encouragement.  You&#8217;d have to go elsewhere for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>as the world turns roundi was blind butnow I&#8217;m still blind My kingdom for a woman with a voice half as angelic as Harriet Wheeler&#8217;s. (Re)discovered The Sundays after hearing one of their songs at, of all places, the gym. 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