Life and Times: Former Journal opinion editor David Evans loved ideas

Former Journal opinion editor David Evans was known for his thoughtful writing, a love of history and politics, and a far-ranging interest in exploring what the world offered.
“He was crazy for new ideas. He was like a dog with a bone,” longtime friend and colleague Peter Maser said Friday, one day after Evans died in hospital of pancreatic cancer.
“That’s why I think he was so well-suited to that job on the editorial board, because it was an extension of who he was &hell