Kevin Drum

Political Blogger

The inventor of Friday catblogging, Kevin was a blogosphere pioneer when, after a stint in marketing, he went online as Calpundit in 2003. Prior to joining MoJo, he blogged at the Washington Monthly's Political Animal. He lives with his wife and two cats in Irvine.

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Republicans Debate Their Ransom Demand For Next Hostage-Taking Opportunity
Thu May. 16, 2013 4:01 PM PDT

The Psychology — And the Cynicism — Behind Austerity
Thu May. 16, 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Guest Workers and Farm Labor: A Followup
Thu May. 16, 2013 10:17 AM PDT

Filibuster Mania Hits the Labor Department
Thu May. 16, 2013 9:34 AM PDT

Should President Obama Fire Eric Holder?
Thu May. 16, 2013 8:56 AM PDT

New Frontiers in Stigmatizing Others
Thu May. 16, 2013 7:57 AM PDT

Quote of the Day: Apostrophe Eradication in America
Wed May. 15, 2013 10:33 PM PDT

White House Releases Benghazi Email Dump
Wed May. 15, 2013 3:58 PM PDT

Yep, Immigrants Are Doing the Work We Won't
Wed May. 15, 2013 3:09 PM PDT

Former NSC Spox Talks About the Talking Points
Wed May. 15, 2013 12:17 PM PDT

Obama to GOP: Put Up or Shut Up on DOJ Investigation
Wed May. 15, 2013 9:57 AM PDT

No, the Federal Government is Not Like a Shark
Wed May. 15, 2013 9:32 AM PDT

Is Our Robot Paradise Already Here?
Wed May. 15, 2013 8:00 AM PDT

Our Amazing Slowdown in Healthcare Spending Growth
Tue May. 14, 2013 10:05 PM PDT

IG Report Says IRS Has No Idea What Its Own Rules Mean
Tue May. 14, 2013 6:56 PM PDT

BREAKING: United States No Longer Going Bankrupt
Tue May. 14, 2013 3:05 PM PDT

Word of the Month for May: BOLO
Tue May. 14, 2013 2:43 PM PDT

What We Now Know About the CIA's Benghazi Turf War
Tue May. 14, 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Today's Austerity Smackdown: US vs. UK
Tue May. 14, 2013 11:27 AM PDT

Final Ultrawonky Stat Geek Analysis of the Oregon Medicaid Study
Tue May. 14, 2013 9:12 AM PDT

A Taxonomy of Scandals
Tue May. 14, 2013 8:49 AM PDT

Robots, Mass Unemployment, and Riots in the Streets
Tue May. 14, 2013 7:46 AM PDT

Fed Monitoring of Terror-Related Phone Calls Finally About to Get Some Attention
Mon May. 13, 2013 3:01 PM PDT

A Small Rant About the Meaning of Significant vs. "Significant"
Mon May. 13, 2013 11:44 AM PDT

Why the Digital Revolution Won't be a Rerun of the Industrial Revolution
Mon May. 13, 2013 10:06 AM PDT

Investigate the IRS? Investigate Everybody!
Mon May. 13, 2013 9:32 AM PDT

Quote of the Day: Robert Gates on "Cartoonish" Views of the Military
Mon May. 13, 2013 8:15 AM PDT

Who Will Own Our Future Robot Overlords?
Mon May. 13, 2013 5:45 AM PDT

Here's Why Benghazi May Finally Have Legs
Sun May. 12, 2013 5:33 PM PDT

The IRS Shoots Itself in the Foot, Then Reloads
Sun May. 12, 2013 2:51 PM PDT

Bonus Mother's Day Cat Blogging
Sun May. 12, 2013 8:01 AM PDT

Benghazi Talking Points: "A Bureaucratic Knife Fight Pitting State vs. CIA"
Fri May. 10, 2013 7:14 PM PDT

Friday Cat Blogging - 10 May 2013
Fri May. 10, 2013 11:55 AM PDT

Yesterday Was 400 ppm Day
Fri May. 10, 2013 11:34 AM PDT

Chart of the Day: Student Loan Debt Crowding Out Mortgages
Fri May. 10, 2013 10:37 AM PDT

Finally, a Real Scandal for Conservatives to Chew On
Fri May. 10, 2013 9:40 AM PDT

ABC News Reveals Drafts of Benghazi Talking Points
Fri May. 10, 2013 9:11 AM PDT

Controlling Medicare Costs is Now Un-American
Fri May. 10, 2013 8:09 AM PDT

The Groundbreaking Isaac Newton Invention You've Never Heard Of
Thu May. 9, 2013 10:51 PM PDT

The Simple Reason Hedge Fund Billionaires Are Mad at Ben Bernanke
Thu May. 9, 2013 1:30 PM PDT

Quote of the Day #2: Paul Ryan Says Obama Never Calls to Chat
Thu May. 9, 2013 11:28 AM PDT

Quote of the Day: Eric Cantor Says Obama Just Doesn't Understand Him
Thu May. 9, 2013 10:31 AM PDT

A (Very) Brief Benghazi Timeline Recap
Thu May. 9, 2013 9:23 AM PDT

Our Broken University Financial Aid System
Thu May. 9, 2013 7:43 AM PDT

Yet Another Benghazi Nothingburger Today
Wed May. 8, 2013 2:07 PM PDT

How Thinking About Thinking Reduced Crime in Chicago
Wed May. 8, 2013 11:13 AM PDT

Ladies and Gentlemen, Pick Your Team
Wed May. 8, 2013 9:43 AM PDT

A Couple of Graphical Lessons From the Government's Huge Hospital Chargemaster Data Dump
Wed May. 8, 2013 8:53 AM PDT

Republicans Refuse to Negotiate Unless They Can Take a Hostage
Wed May. 8, 2013 8:25 AM PDT

How the "Inception" Soundtrack Conquered the World
Tue May. 7, 2013 5:09 PM PDT

Welcome, Robot Overlords. Please Don't Fire Us?

Smart machines probably won't kill us all—but they'll definitely take our jobs, and sooner than you think.

May/June 2013 Issue

America's Real Criminal Element: Lead

New research finds Pb is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic. And fixing the problem is a lot cheaper than doing nothing.

January/February 2013 Issue

What's Going on With the Fiscal Cliff?

Why we're not really going to fall off a cliff on January 1 and everything else you need to know about the upcoming budget talks.

Mon Nov. 12, 2012 4:08 AM PST

The Tea Party Is Dead. Long Live the Tea Party.

Odds are Republicans won't get back from crazytown for a while. Will Dems take advantage?

Fri Nov. 9, 2012 4:03 AM PST

The Kids Are All Right

Students today score better on tests than you did.

September/October 2012 Issue

The Dog That Voted and Other Election Fraud Yarns

The GOP's 10-year campaign to gin up voter fraud hysteria—and bring back Jim Crow at the ballot box.

July/August 2012 Issue

The Quick Way to End the Vote-Fraud Wars? A National ID Card

Just two problems: Conservatives hate it. And liberals hate it.

July/August 2012 Issue

Another GOP Debate? You Betcha!

Lies, racial profiling, immigration, and more lies at the Republicans' national security debate.

Wed Nov. 23, 2011 12:06 AM PST

Scenes from the GOP's "Commander in Chief" Debate

Michele Bachmann's CIA-ACLU whopper, and other CliffsNotes from Saturday's CBS News/National Journal foreign policy debate.

Sun Nov. 13, 2011 10:11 AM PST

CNBC Debate: "Oops," Perry Did It Again

Rick Perry draws a blank, and more lowlights from the latest GOP debate.

Wed Nov. 9, 2011 3:01 PM PST

GOP Debate: Perry Continues to Falter

Highlights, lowlights, and surprises of Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate.

Tue Oct. 11, 2011 12:01 PM PDT

The 1 Percent Creates Jobs…

And five other myths that must die for our economy to live.

November/December 2011 Issue

Charts: 6 Big Economic Myths, Debunked

Do taxes really kill growth? Was the stimulus a joke? No, and we have the numbers to prove it.

November/December 2011 Issue

"You Don't Have a Heart"

Rick Perry defends undocumented immigrants, Herman Cain perpetuates an EPA conspiracy theory, Rick Santorum advocates abstinence in the military, and other highlights from Thursday's GOP presidential debate.

Thu Sep. 22, 2011 4:44 PM PDT

What the Union Fight is Really About: Defunding the Left

The GOP's new three-part plan to starve the Dems.

Fri Mar. 25, 2011 2:04 PM PDT

Why Screwing Unions Screws the Entire Middle Class

Plus: How much income have you given up for the top 1 percent?

March/April 2011 Issue

Invasion of the Brain-Devouring Platitudes

Five political memes that deserve to die.

November/December 2010 Issue

Tea Party: Old Whine in New Bottles

Memo to Obama: Bill Clinton, LBJ, and FDR know how you feel.

September/October 2010 Issue

Too Big to Jail: How Wall Street Took Over Washington

Four years after the crash, the Jamie Dimons of the world can still get away with losing billions in risky trades. Here's why.

January/February 2010 Issue

Big Ag's Climate Cowpie

Think the ag lobby—with so much to lose from global warming—might want to help pass a climate bill? Don't be silly.

November/December 2009 Issue

The Patriot's Guide to Legalization

Have you ever looked at our marijuana policy? I mean, really looked at it?

July/August 2009 Issue

Real Capitalists Nationalize

Sorry, zombie banks. The laws of the market dictate that we should own your ass.

Sun Mar. 15, 2009 10:13 PM PDT

10 Ways to Trade Up

How Obama can fix the climate, raise billions for clean tech, and send you a fat check.

March/April 2009

The Great Persuader

Like FDR and Reagan, Obama can move a crowd. But can he do what they did and move the country?

November/December 2008 Issue

If It Isn't a Global War on Terror, What Is It? And How Do We Improve It?

Mistakes were made in the war on terror, none of them new.

Thu May. 3, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

A Blogger Says: Save The MSM!

There's an intriguing paradox at the heart of the modern trend toward media consolidation, one that my great-grandfather probably would have appreciated.

March/April 2007 Issue

Kevin Drum on the latest dispatches from the political language wars

The latest dispatches from the framing wars

July/August 2006 Issue