James J. Kilpatrick
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James J. Kilpatrick (b. November 1, 1920) is a conservative columnist and grammarian.
Kilpatrick began writing his syndicated political column, "A Conservative View," in 1964, after he had spent many years as an editor of the Richmond News-Leader. Once a fervent segregationist, he changed his position over many years' reflection and subsequently renounced his former thinking, though he remained a staunch opponent of actual or perceived federal encroachments upon the individual states.
Kilpatrick is perhaps best known for his nine years as a debater on the TV newsmagazine 60 Minutes. He appeared in a closing segment on each show in the 1970's called "Point-Counterpoint," opposite Nicholas von Hoffman (and subsequently the late Shana Alexander). He is now a nationally known columnist for the Universal Press Syndicate and is syndicated in over 180 newspapers around the country.
Kilpatrick has long since semi-retired, shifting from a three-times-a-week political column to a weekly column on judicial issues, "Covering the Courts." He also writes a syndicated column dealing with English usage, especially in writing, called "The Writer's Art." He is the author of a book of the same title. His books include The Foxes Union, a recollection of his life in Rappahannock County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains; Fine Print: Reflections on the Writing Art; and, A Political Bestiary, with former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy.
In 1998, Kilpatrick, then a widower, married a second time, to liberal Washington-based syndicated columnist Marianne Means.
[edit] External links
- Kilpatrick's Columns on LegalNews.TV
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