Bill Whittle

In December 2002, Whittle started his first blog, Eject! Eject! Eject!, writing personal narratives and long format essays which discussed current events and political philosophy. He was inspired to start writing following the death of his father earlier that year.[2][8] He soon developed friendships with fellow bloggers Frank J. Fleming, James Lileks, and P.J. O'Rourke who praised his unique writing style. Whittle has credited O'Rourke, in particular, for "bringing me home to conservatism". In 2004, a collection of his essays was published in Silent America: A Democracy at War. They were also quoted in several newspapers across the country.[15][16][17]

Six years after starting Eject! Eject! Eject!, Whittle began writing as a guest columnist for the National Review Online.[18] Both his original essays and National Review columns have been cited by authors William DeMersseman,[19] Jim Geraghty,[20] and Frank Miniter.[21] Crime fiction author Robert Ferrigno used an excerpt from Whittle's essay "The Undefended City" for the introduction of his 2009 novel Heart of the Assassin.[22]

In December 2008, Whittle moved to PJ Media where he continued blogging and hosted several of its video segments:

• Afterburner (2009–): A weekly three-minute editorial challenging conventional wisdom about politics and society from a conservative perspective.
• Trifecta (2009–2016): A weekly program, co-hosted with Stephen Green and Scott Ott, which offers political commentary on current events.
• The Firewall (2010–): A series of independently produced video essays based on his early political writing.
• Klavan & Whittle (2011–): A Q&A video series with Whittle and author Andrew Klavan discussing various political and social topics.

His first Afterburner segment was broadcast on May 7, 2009, as a rebuttal to Jon Stewart's assertion on The Daily Show that the atomic bombing of Japan in World War II was a war crime.[8][23] A June 2009 essay entitled "The Michael Jackson Effect" was criticized by the Toronto Star for Whittle's suggestion that the federal government used the coverage of Michael Jackson's death to push through cap-and-trade legislation.[24] In October 2010, Joe Newby of the Spokane Examiner called his "What We Believe" series "a must-see for anyone who does not understand what the Tea Party is all about".[25] In February 2011, Laura Baxley of the Atlanta Examiner wrote that Whittle's "The Narrative" was "a brilliant discourse on this Marxist underpinning of critical theory".[26]

Whittle's video "Eat the Rich", presenting his position on the consequences of high taxation on the wealthy,[27][28][29] was played on Glenn Beck's radio talk show in April 2011. He was also on The Rusty Humphries Show that month and has filled in as a guest host for Rusty Humphries multiple times since his first appearance.[8][30] His politically themed videos have been released via YouTube through PJ Media and Real Clear Politics.[31][32]

Later that year, Whittle was hired by Encounter Books to narrate a series of animated "whiteboard" videos featured on TheBlaze. In November 2011, the Spokane Examiner reviewed one of these videos, based on the 2010 book "The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power" by Melanie Phillips, which purported to present the reasoning behind Communist, Islamist and Neo-Nazi support of the Occupy Wall Street protests. The newspaper complimented the video stating that it "ties the groups together rather nicely".[33]

In his role as a commentator for PJTV, Whittle has interviewed personalities including Ed Klein, Ayn Rand Institute fellow Don Watkins, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, Andrew Card, David Frum, Lord Monckton, Investor's Business Daily editor Terry Jones, Tim Cavanaugh, and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.[34] Other PJTV segments featuring Whittle have included:

• Finding Common Ground (2009): A panelist show filmed at CPAC 2009: Conservatism 2.0 with guests Glenn Reynolds, John Avlon, Scott Ott, Alonzo Rachel, and moderated by Whittle. He also conducted interviews with Amil Amani and Nonie Darwish, founders of Former Muslims United, and activist Wafa Sultan at CPAC 2010.
• LunarPalooza (2009): A 3-part video series celebrating the 40th-anniversary of the 1969 moon landing.
• The Islamic Infiltration (2010): A 3-part investigative report examining the influence of Islamic extremism in the federal government and accessibility to classified information as claimed by two anonymous whistleblowers.
• PJ Pop Quiz (2012): A light-hearted quiz show which has occasionally featured Whittle and other PJTV personalities.
• Election Hot Seat (2012): Official coverage of the 2012 United States presidential election.

Whittle was friends with Andrew Breitbart.[35][36][37]

In May 2012, Whittle started his own weekly podcast, "The Stratosphere Lounge", in which Whittle takes questions from his Facebook followers.[8] It airs live on Thursday evenings via Twitch and is later uploaded on his official YouTube channel.[30] The show is still running and episodes typically last between 1 and 2 hours.

Whittle is a frequent guest speaker at political rallies and other public events.

Whittle's appearance at the Orange County Republicans' annual Flag Day dinner in June 2011 inadvertently found him opposing co-speaker New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez who advocated that California Republicans should be focusing its efforts on winning over Hispanic-American voters.[38]

Whittle is an instrument-rated pilot of glider and light aircraft. He studied aviation as a teenager with the intention of entering the U.S. Air Force Academy.[4][40] Author and screenwriter Michael Walsh, in his 2009 novel Hostile Intent, credited Whittle for teaching him the OODA loop.[41]

On July 9, 2005, Whittle was involved in an incident while attempting to land at Visalia Municipal Airport when the front landing gear failed. The airport's runway was closed for an hour, however, neither Whittle nor the other passenger were injured.[42][43] Whittle has described similar incidents in his flying career.[40]