Career
He has been the columnist since 1989 as a night cops reporter. In the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial in 2004 and 2005, Argento"s columns on the trial were cited by most media coverage of Kitzmiller v. Dover, including every book about the case.
He is a past president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
Argento obtained his degree from Penn State with a degree in humanities. Upon graduating, he began working at a weekly newspaper, quit, then worked for another similar weekly newspaper.
Aside from writing, Argento spends his free time playing the guitar. The band does a country version of the song "I Wanna Be Sedated".
They have two dogs. One is a greyhound, named Lester, and the other is a mixed terrier named Shmuley.
They have a number of cats named Crazy Ass and Crazy Ass Junior. Junior and also a large lizard.