{"id":4990,"date":"2015-07-18T18:20:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T22:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2015-07-18T18:22:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T22:22:31","slug":"what-i-might-be-writing-about-if-i-was-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=4990","title":{"rendered":"WHAT I MIGHT BE WRITING ABOUT \u2014 IF I WAS WRITING"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friends, today I\u2019m off celebrating my birthday. (Fire up.)<\/em> But if I wasn\u2019t off celebrating my birthday (and one of those big ole\u2019 decade ones at that),<\/em> one of these headlines is what I might be writing about\u2026
\nHow the Chattanooga Shooting Unfolded<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 appearing in the Washington Post<\/p>\n

ISIS Suicide Attack Kills 115<\/em>\u00a0 \u2014 as reported by\u00a0the Associated Press<\/p>\n

Why They’re Cheering in Tehran<\/em> \u2014 appearing in the Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n

Chaos: Athens<\/em> \u2014 appearing in the Huffington Post<\/p>\n

Re-Re-Re-Introducing Hillary Clinton<\/em> \u2014 appearing in the NY Times Magazine<\/p>\n

Obama Profoundly Misjudged Regime in Tehran<\/em> \u2014 appearing in the Daily News<\/p>\n

Iran & Obama: A Day That Will Live in Infamy<\/em> \u2014 appearing in the American Spectator<\/p>\n

The Bloody Business of Abortion<\/em> \u2014 appearing in National Review<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood Isn’t Hawking Baby Parts<\/em> \u2014 appearing in the Daily Beast<\/p>\n

Online Porn to Boom in Next Five Years, Thanks to Smartphone Growth<\/em> \u2014 appearing in India Today<\/p>\n

Have Mantle, Mays & Aaron Returned?<\/em> \u2014 appearing in Real Clear Sports<\/p>\n

What a Woman President Should Be Like<\/em> \u2014 appearing in Time<\/p>\n

GOP Debates<\/em> \u2014 Why Not a Two-Night Mini-Series? \u2014 appearing in Real Clear Politics<\/p>\n

Socialism, RIP<\/em> \u2014 appearing in the Washington Times<\/p>\n

In my desire to focus on what\u2019s good and true and right, sometimes it\u2019s hard to wrestle with the things of this world\u2026 on what\u2019s in the news\u2026 on the subjects that so easily fill up both social media and mainstream outlets.<\/p>\n

Thank God this day I\u2019m off celebrating my birthday\u2026 even if it is one of those big ole\u2019 decades.<\/p>\n

Respectfully\u2026
\nAR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friends, today I\u2019m off celebrating my birthday. (Fire up.) But if I wasn\u2019t off celebrating my birthday (and one of those big ole\u2019 decade ones at that), one of these headlines is what I might be writing about\u2026 How the Chattanooga Shooting Unfolded\u00a0\u2014 appearing in the Washington Post ISIS Suicide Attack Kills 115\u00a0 \u2014 as … <\/p>\n

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