Mickey Kaus
Mickey Kaus | |
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Born | Robert Michael Kaus[1] July 6, 1951 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Other names | "Mickey" Kaus |
Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
Occupation(s) | author, journalist, blogger |
Notable credit(s) | noted blogger; author of several books; on-air personality for several audio and video media outlets; published journalist for Newsweek, The New Republic and Washington Monthly, among other places |
Relatives | Stephen Kaus, brother |
Website | http://www.kausfiles.com |
Robert Michael "Mickey" Kaus (
Personal life
Kaus was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Peggy A. (Huttenback), a civic activist, and
Kausfiles
Kaus first wrote Slate's "Chatterbox" column in 1997 but started Kausfiles in 1999 as a private blog.[12] In 2002, he returned to Slate[13] 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
During the
During the
In 2007, Kaus reported from an anonymous source that candidate
The blog also commented on the automotive industry and Kaus irregularly filed automotive-centric "Gearbox" columns on Slate.[18]
As a result of his 2010 run for the Senate, Kaus left Slate
Resignation from 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 worked for Fox, reportedly did not want the Caller publishing criticism of a firm that employed him.[21]
Political views
External videos | |
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Booknotes interview with Kaus on The End of Equality, August 23, 1992, C-SPAN |
Kaus was an influential proponent of welfare reform in the 1980s, and is a fierce critic of both labor unions (particularly automotive workers' unions and teachers' unions) and low-skilled immigration (he supports the 2010 Arizona anti-illegal-immigration law, calling to wait to see the law's practical effects before overturning it).[22][23]
Kaus' constant criticisms of liberalism have led liberals[24] (including his Bloggingheads.tv sparring partner Robert Wright) and conservatives to see him as a right-winger. He has been criticized for his persistent defense of his friend Ann Coulter from many liberal critics.[25][26][27]
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Kaus endorsed
In 2020, he stated that he had voted for Trump in 2016, but would prefer a more electable Trumpist [5] Kaus is generally moderate on foreign policy (he is notably dovish on issues pertaining to the Middle East).[29]
Radio
Kaus has also contributed to radio, making occasional contributions to the Slate/NPR show Day to Day.[30]
Bloggingheads.tv
On November 1, 2005, Kaus and journalist
To exploit the visual side of the medium, Kaus sometimes uses visual aids such as an Al Gore mask and a stuffed moose. According to Kaus[32] "Deploying the moose" symbolizes Pinch Sulzberger's idea of "the unaddressed important issue" similar to the "elephant in the room."
In an episode recorded February 8, 2006, Kaus said[33] "half the Democrats are going to vote for McCain and I'm going to be one of them." Kaus linked[34] to his own statement in a February 10, 2008 blog post with the words, "I can't believe I said this."
2010 senate run
According to a March 1, 2010 report in LA Weekly, Kaus took out papers to run for the United States Senate.[35] Kaus ran as a "Common Sense Democrat," stating that he did not expect to win, but hoped to raise issues.[36]
In a March 2, 2010 entry on Kausfiles, Kaus announced that he had taken out nomination papers to run in the Senate primary for California against Barbara Boxer.
Kaus finished a distant third in the June 8, 2010 Democratic primary election, with 5.3%[37] of the total vote (or 94,298 votes). Political unknown Brian Quintana took second with 14.2%, while incumbent Barbara Boxer secured 80.5%, ensuring that she would continue on to the general election.
References
- ^ "State Bar of CA :: Robert Michael Kaus". Members.calbar.ca.gov. December 22, 1976. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ Feeney, Matt. "Kausfiles". Slate.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ISBN 9780465098293. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "kaus files dot com | masthead". Kausfiles.com. December 10, 1994. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ [1] Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Court is feeling the heat on Prop. 8 – Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. November 19, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "San Francisco Attorney: Stephen Kaus". Cwclaw.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "Stephen Kaus". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "Mickey Kaus on How Unions Killed the Democrats, Immigration, New Media, & Bringing the Velvet Underground to Beverly Hills High". June 4, 2010.
- ^ "Peggy Kaus Obituary - Beverly Hills, CA | Los Angeles Times". Legacy.com.
- ^ "Dorothy Huttenback, Force Behind Music Guild, Dies". Los Angeles Times. April 11, 1987.
- ^ [2] Archived July 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kaus, Mickey (April 10, 2014). "Mickey Kaus' Favorite Slate Story". Slate.
- ^ "A raunchy interview bedevils Schwarzenegger / 1977 chat includes blunt talk on drugs, sex". San Francisco Chronicle. August 29, 2003. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ Neoliberal Education[permanent dead link]. Washington Monthly. Ezra Klein. May 2007.
- ^ Rosenbaum, Ron (October 15, 2007). "Edwards walks the line. – Slate Magazine". Slate. Slate.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "The Epistemology of Kausfiles – Matthew Yglesias – Politics". The Atlantic. October 14, 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ Rosenbaum, Ron. "Homepage – Slate Magazine". Slate.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "Kausfiles is out there. Somewhere". Archived from the original on March 22, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ Mickey Kaus (September 20, 2010). "Get Me More Sarah Palin! – The Daily Beast". Newsweek. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ Byers, Dylan (March 17, 2015). "Mickey Kaus quits Daily Caller after Tucker Carlson pulls critical Fox News column". POLITICO.
- ^ Nick Gillespie from the August–September 2010 issue (July 19, 2010). "Unions 'Own the Democratic Party' – Reason Magazine". Reason.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
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- ^ ""Brokeback Mountain" p. 3". Ejumpcut.org. February 22, 1999. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ Lloyd Grove (April 6, 2010). "Can This Blogger Unseat Barbara Boxer?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "The war against Mickey Kaus". Archived from the original on July 30, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^ "Kaus and Coulter: What Gives? – The Daily Dish – The Atlantic". Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com. March 4, 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ [4] Archived February 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rosenbaum, Ron (February 14, 2003). "The Likudnik Factor – Slate Magazine". Slate. Slate.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ NPR Online. "Day to Day and Slate Magazine". NPR. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "about". Bloggingheads.tv. November 1, 2005. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "Bloggingheads.tv". Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved February 25, 2006.
- ^ "The Battle of Britney!". Bloggingheads.tv. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ Rosenbaum, Ron (February 26, 2008). "McCain's Univision connection. – Slate Magazine". Slate. Slate.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ Romero, Dennis (March 1, 2010). "CORRECTED: Mickey Kaus Takes Out Papers For U.S. Senate Run – Los Angeles News – The Informer". Blogs.laweekly.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ Solomon, Deborah (March 11, 2010). "The Blogging of the Candidate". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "Election Results - June 8, 2010". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2010.