FILE - In this Feb. 20, 1973 file photo, Earl Caldwell of the New York Times, left, chats with James Kilpatrick, a syndicated columnist, prior to delivering testimony before a senate subcommittee investigation on freedom of the press in Washington. Kilpatrick, who rose from cub reporter to one of the nation's most recognized conservative voices, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2010 at age 89, said his wife, Marianne Means. Kilpatrick's in-your-face, conservative bickering with liberal commentator Shana Alexander three decades ago was famously parodied _ and then copied for years to come on broadcast and cable channels. Even more lasting: his contributions as the nation's most widely syndicated political columnist and a dozen books on everything from politics and the U.S. Supreme Court to the use and abuse of the English language. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)