An ignorant person with a bad character is like an unarmed robber, but a learned person with a blog is a robber fully armed.

During 2003 the daily readership of Kausfiles varied between 15000 and 30000. Political unknown Brian Quintana took second with 14. This post sparked a series of claims of sexual misconduct during Schwarzenegger's bodybuilding and acting career.

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. Robert Michael Kaus (pronounced /ˈkaʊs/; born July 6 1951) better known as Mickey Kaus is an American journalist pundit and author best known for writing Kausfiles a "mostly political" blog which was featured on Slate until 2010.