Mickey Kaus
Robert Michael "Mickey" Kaus (/ˈkaʊs/; 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 and occasional commentator on The Huffington Post. His late father was California Supreme Court Associate Justice Otto Kaus, a Democrat. He currently resides in Venice Beach, California.