5:42: Whitlock? You’re not Mike Royko. I’m sorry. We checked.

5:44: Another break. Can we talk for a moment about the last interruption, just when Whitlock was veering into “Squeeze of the Hand” territory with Mike “Hot Lips” Fannin? Lemme get this straight: So it’s OK for Whitlock to throw around allegations about the venereal buccaneering of certain KC Star editors, but it’s not kosher when he suggests that the male editor might’ve nuzzled another dude’s neck? Interesting.

5:48: Are we really going to have to hear Whitlock’s boring Tipper Gore routine about rap lyrics?

5:49: Yes.

5:52: Are we really going to have to hear Whitlock’s boring Bill Cosby routine about black youth culture?

5:53: Yes.

5:55: He says smart things about incarceration rates and the drug war, but of course when it comes time to actually write something, he yammers about “bojangling” rappers.