{"id":59273,"date":"2025-12-29T00:07:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T00:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=59273"},"modified":"2025-12-29T00:07:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T00:07:51","slug":"living-the-editorialists-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=59273","title":{"rendered":"Living the editorialist’s dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I guess you can date this phenomenon back to around 9\/11, the day the terrorists declared war on the United States of America and thrust us into the global war against terrorism.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It fell on the laps of people like me — who was writing editorials and columns and editing the pages on which we would publish them — to seek to provide context, perspective and leadership through the written word.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The phenomenon of the moment took place in this fashion: Hardly a day went by while I was working as a full-time opinion journalist where I didn’t have something on which to say. That’s right. The task I faced almost every morning when I reported for work was to decide what to set aside for a later publication date.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Many of those who have done what I did for a living for nearly 37 years faced the opposite … finding topics on which to comment to fill a gaping hole on the page. Not me, man! 9\/11 introduced us to a whole host of terror-related and national security issues that required commentary from the newspaper. This occurred during the time when newspapers actually meant something to the comunities they served.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Writer’s block? Fuhgettaboutit!<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I had a brief bout with writer’s block. It’s passed. My A-game has returned. I am grateful.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I now will continue living the dream … a life as a semi-retired blogger who gets to foist his views on the rest of the world.<\/p>\r\n\n

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