When Ward Degler graduated from journalism school, his mother speculated he would become a world-famous war correspondent or, at the very least, editor-in-chief of an influential newspaper. He did neither. Instead, he became a columnist, giving him the opportunity to write about subjects that interested him while avoiding everything that didn't.
In "The Dark Ages of My Youth," Degler shares a selected collection of the weekly columns written for the "Times Sentinel" in Zionsville, Indiana, from 1993 to 2010. The essays explore the way things were, where we've been, and where we are...
When Ward Degler graduated from journalism school, his mother speculated he would become a world-famous war correspondent or, at the very least, ed...
When Ward Degler graduated from journalism school, his mother speculated he would become a world-famous war correspondent or, at the very least, editor-in-chief of an influential newspaper. He did neither. Instead, he became a columnist, giving him the opportunity to write about subjects that interested him while avoiding everything that didn't.
In "The Dark Ages of My Youth," Degler shares a selected collection of the weekly columns written for the "Times Sentinel" in Zionsville, Indiana, from 1993 to 2010. The essays explore the way things were, where we've been, and where we are...
When Ward Degler graduated from journalism school, his mother speculated he would become a world-famous war correspondent or, at the very least, ed...