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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Yep, Our Sluggish Recovery Is Mostly Cyclical. But Not All of It.
Thu Mar. 28, 2013 11:03 AM PDT

Defying the Laws of Physics at Walmart
Thu Mar. 28, 2013 9:43 AM PDT

Earthquakes in Oklahoma
Thu Mar. 28, 2013 8:57 AM PDT

Watching the Worm Turn on Gay Marriage
Thu Mar. 28, 2013 8:42 AM PDT

The Great Healthcare Stalemate
Thu Mar. 28, 2013 7:41 AM PDT

Housekeeping Note
Wed Mar. 27, 2013 8:24 AM PDT

The Iraq War and American Politics, Take 2
Tue Mar. 26, 2013 9:03 PM PDT

I Am Stumped by This Music Review
Tue Mar. 26, 2013 5:48 PM PDT

New Adventures in Book Blurbing
Tue Mar. 26, 2013 2:08 PM PDT

Even Republicans Now Support Gay Marriage (Except For Old Ones)
Tue Mar. 26, 2013 11:34 AM PDT

The Cloud is Not Your Friend, Brain Meltdown Edition
Tue Mar. 26, 2013 11:20 AM PDT

Prop 8 Case May Be Tossed Out on a Technicality
Tue Mar. 26, 2013 9:04 AM PDT

The Curious Case of the Payroll Tax Hike That Failed to Bark in the Night
Tue Mar. 26, 2013 8:33 AM PDT

Russia Could Have Bought a New Client State Cheap. But They Didn't Want One.
Tue Mar. 26, 2013 7:52 AM PDT

Why Has Crime Dropped Tremendously Over the Past Two Decades?
Mon Mar. 25, 2013 10:13 PM PDT

Should We Worry a Little Less About the Future?
Mon Mar. 25, 2013 5:26 PM PDT

Eurogroup Head Warns Big Depositors Their Money Isn't Safe
Mon Mar. 25, 2013 12:40 PM PDT

Support for Drone Attacks on U.S. Citizens Way Down
Mon Mar. 25, 2013 11:05 AM PDT

Some Miscellaneous Monday Morning Poll Results
Mon Mar. 25, 2013 10:19 AM PDT

Disability as the Last Refuge of the Unemployable
Mon Mar. 25, 2013 9:44 AM PDT

Marriage Equality May Be the Biggest Winner of the 2012 Election
Mon Mar. 25, 2013 8:44 AM PDT

Cyprus Reaches Banking Deal, Should Be Safe For At Least a Few Hours
Sun Mar. 24, 2013 9:15 PM PDT

Wage Rules for Foreign Workers -- A Followup
Sun Mar. 24, 2013 4:02 PM PDT

Judge Limits Fair Use, But Only Slightly
Sun Mar. 24, 2013 2:31 PM PDT

Bonus Sunday Catblogging - 24 March 2013
Sun Mar. 24, 2013 6:45 AM PDT

Adventures in Euphemism, Cyprus Edition
Sat Mar. 23, 2013 10:40 PM PDT

Actually, the Iraq War Has Had a Surprisingly Small Effect on American Politics
Sat Mar. 23, 2013 9:38 PM PDT

Wage Rules Are Delaying Immigration Reform
Sat Mar. 23, 2013 12:38 PM PDT

Friday Cat Blogging - 22 March 2013
Fri Mar. 22, 2013 11:58 AM PDT

The Republican Party Might Not Be Quite Dead Yet
Fri Mar. 22, 2013 11:50 AM PDT

Is This the Quote of the Day?
Fri Mar. 22, 2013 11:09 AM PDT

Newt Gingrich Makes an Elaborate Historical Argument
Fri Mar. 22, 2013 10:30 AM PDT

The Rich are Getting Richer....And They're Staying Richer
Fri Mar. 22, 2013 9:47 AM PDT

Here's Why the Budget Deficit is Such a D.C. Obsession
Fri Mar. 22, 2013 9:05 AM PDT

Maybe Germany Actually Wants Cyprus to Leave the Euro
Fri Mar. 22, 2013 8:23 AM PDT

Can Republicans Trust Obama to Make a Deal?
Thu Mar. 21, 2013 11:03 PM PDT

Cyprus Needs to Lay Its Hands on One-Third of Its GDP By Monday
Thu Mar. 21, 2013 2:43 PM PDT

Today's Mini Rant About Online Ads
Thu Mar. 21, 2013 12:35 PM PDT

Barrett Brown and the FBI
Thu Mar. 21, 2013 10:53 AM PDT

The Problem With Google -- and The Cloud
Thu Mar. 21, 2013 10:07 AM PDT

Political Science Meets Politics, Gets Butt Kicked
Thu Mar. 21, 2013 8:52 AM PDT

Are Republicans Finally Ready to Regulate Wall Street?
Thu Mar. 21, 2013 8:12 AM PDT

Construction Employment Followup: Luring Workers Back is Now Our Big Problem
Wed Mar. 20, 2013 10:26 PM PDT

How Dare You Ask Me About My Own Words!
Wed Mar. 20, 2013 5:23 PM PDT

Here's the Best Argument Against a Grand Bargain
Wed Mar. 20, 2013 3:12 PM PDT

Our Poor Bloggers Are Being Worked to the Bone
Wed Mar. 20, 2013 2:24 PM PDT

It's the Demographics, Stupid
Wed Mar. 20, 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Keeping in Touch With the Right-Wing Id
Wed Mar. 20, 2013 10:04 AM PDT

So Far, Cyprus Remains Unique
Wed Mar. 20, 2013 9:12 AM PDT

Single-Parent Families and the Decline of Men
Wed Mar. 20, 2013 8:01 AM PDT

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