NYT Profile of Whitlock

I can’t help it, he fascinates me

Indeed, it seems that perhaps Whitlock’s best attribute as a columnist — confidence in his opinions — is the same thing that sometimes gets him into trouble.

“I try not to burn bridges, but he napalms them,” said Dan Le Batard, a longtime columnist at The Miami Herald who has known Whitlock for years. “He’s fundamentally unafraid.”