Ambrose bierce was a journalist. many of his newspaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people bierce didn’t like. bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find the subject of one of columns. however, also had a very serious side to his writing. in fact, bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of day, so he basically said, "i will do it ! " at the age of 71, rode alongside pancho villa’s army as waged revolution across mexico.