Nicely put, from a reader:

Kaus’ primacy at Slate isn’t a choice by Slate itself,
is it? It merely shows that he draws more readers
from outside the world of Slate than the mainline
liberals do. I read Kaus first thing every day. I
don’t even know who else writes for Slate (beyond
Hitchens).
What distinuguishes Kaus, and what makes him readable,
is not what he “hates”, but that he applies the same
standard to everyone. He is like The Simpson’s – you
can actually enjoy him goring your own ox because you
know that all the other oxen will be gored when their
time comes.
BTW – if Greg Gutfeld was the biggest draw at HuffPo
would that make HuffPo non-liberal?