James J. Kilpatrick

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James J. Kilpatrick (* 1. November 1920 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ; † 15. August 2010 in Washington, DC ) was an American journalist , columnist and linguist for syntactic theory . He was known in the US for his conservative worldview.

Career

Kilpatrick began writing a political column called A Conservative View in 1964, having previously served as the editor of the Richmond News Leader for several years . Initially a strong racist , he changed his mind over the years and later gave up that position entirely. Yet he remained a staunch opponent of actual or perceived interference by the federal government in state affairs .

Kilpatrick is probably best known for his nine years of service at the news magazine 60 Minutes of the national television network CBS announced. He had a column there in the 1970s called "Point-Counterpoint." In this he discussed with the journalist Nicholas von Hoffman , after his dismissal with the journalist Shana Alexander . He then wrote as a nationally known columnist for the Universal Press Syndicate. His articles have appeared in more than 180 newspapers across the United States.

Kilpatrick recently withdrew into private life and wrote only one column per week on legal issues ( Covering the Courts ). He also published a column called The Writer's Art , which deals with the correct use of the English language. He has already published a book of the same name about this.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/16/AR2010081602555.html?hpid=moreheadlines
  2. ↑ Defending toe Doodad on the lamb chop ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by James J. Kilpatrick, last accessed April 28, 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uexpress.com
personal data
SURNAME Kilpatrick, James J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist, linguist and columnist
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Oklahoma City , Oklahoma
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 2010
Place of death Washington, DC