Listening, well after 11:00 pm on a Sunday evening, to Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben from Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium as sung by the divine Fritz Wunderlich, taken from us too soon. Ah, to have the singleness of purpose to live only zu Ehren! I would probably get bored, but just think of how simple everything would be.

I retreat into Bach when I'm desperately trying to escape the stink of our politics and the despair of our "compromises."