[LeonardFMason]

Looks like a bone smuggler.

[outofsalt]

“Kirchick is a contributing writer to the Advocate,[9] and has received the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Excellence in Student Journalism Award and the Journalist of the Year Award.[10][11]” from wiki

[Pelham]

"Looks like a bone smuggler."

That seems to fit his background:

'Kirchick has worked as a reporter for The New York Sun, the New York Daily News, and The Hill, and has been a columnist for the New York Daily News and the Washington Examiner. He is a regular book critic and reviews frequently for Azure, Commentary, the Claremont Review of Books, Policy Review, and World Affairs, among others. Kirchick is a contributing writer to the Advocate, and has received the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Excellence in Student Journalism Award and the Journalist of the Year Award'

'Awards:

2006 National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Excellence in Student Journalism[10] 2007 National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Journalist of the Year'

[T-Bone Texan]

I was gonna say “Looks like a pole smoking turd burglar”, but your words sufficed.