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Robert Michael "Mickey" Kaus (; born July 6, 1951) is an American journalist, pundit, and author best known for writing Kausfiles, a "mostly political" blog which was featured on ''Slate'' until 2010. Kaus is the author of ''The End of Equality'' and had previously worked as a journalist for ''Newsweek'', ''The New Republic'', and ''Washington Monthly'', among other publications. Kaus attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School but has never practiced law. He has a brother, Stephen Kaus, who is a lawyer〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=San Francisco Attorney: Stephen Kaus )〕 and occasional commentator on ''The Huffington Post''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stephen Kaus )〕 His late father was California Supreme Court Associate Justice Otto Kaus, a Democrat.〔()〕 He currently resides in Venice Beach, California. ==Kausfiles== Kaus first wrote ''Slates "Chatterbox" column in 1997 but started Kausfiles in 1999 as a private blog.〔()〕 In 2002, he returned to Slate〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our Man at Slate? )〕 at the invitation of editor Michael Kinsley. During 2003, the daily readership of Kausfiles varied between 15,000 and 30,000. Stylistically the blog was most notable for its interior monologues including the ruse of a non-existent editor, as well as frequent, ironic exclamation points. Media critic James Wolcott, in his book ''Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants'', used Kaus as the archetypal example of a type of pundit he labels "counterintuitives". This type of pundit goes out of his way to stake out positions which run counter to conventional wisdom. During the 2003 California recall, Kausfiles uncovered an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger by ''Oui'' magazine in which he boasted of participating in group sex. This post sparked a series of claims of sexual misconduct during Schwarzenegger's bodybuilding and acting career. Kaus later posted about a 1981 ''Today Show'' appearance where Schwarzenegger claimed that he deliberately damaged chimneys in order to boost demand for his bricklaying business, which was another scoop. During the 2004 U.S. presidential election, the blog displayed a strong and consistent distaste for John Kerry, despite the fact that Kaus endorsed Kerry and contributed to his campaign.〔(Neoliberal Education ). ''Washington Monthly''. Ezra Klein. May 2007.〕 Kausfiles has also consistently criticized the ''Los Angeles Times,'' Santa Monica radio station KCRW, media critic Howard Kurtz, and CNN President Jonathan Klein. In 2007, Kaus reported from an anonymous source that candidate John Edwards was having an affair with documentarian Rielle Hunter. Edwards and Hunter both publicly denied this, and Kaus was widely criticized for what amounted to an assumption of guilt. The affair later proved to be true. The blog also commented on the automotive industry and Kaus irregularly filed automotive-centric "Gearbox" columns on ''Slate''. As a result of his 2010 run for the Senate, Kaus left ''Slate''〔()〕 and hosted his blog on his campaign website. On September 20, 2010, the Kausfiles blog was relaunched at ''Newsweek''. Kaus was fired from Newsweek and later blogged at the Daily Caller. In March 2015 Kaus quit the Daily Caller after its editor, Tucker Carlson refused to run a column by Kaus that was critical of Fox News coverage of the immigration policy debate. Carlson, who also works for Fox, reportedly did not want the Caller publishing criticism of a firm that employed him.〔http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/mickey-kaus-quits-daily-caller-after-tucker-carlson-204135.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mickey Kaus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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