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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The Whole Six Yards
Thu Dec. 27, 2012 10:47 AM PST

Quote of the Day: The Problem With Economics
Thu Dec. 27, 2012 10:18 AM PST

A Question From the Staff of the Mother Jones Irvine Bowl
Thu Dec. 27, 2012 9:36 AM PST

Republicans Now 100 Percent AWOL From Fiscal Cliff Talks
Thu Dec. 27, 2012 8:49 AM PST

The Great Republican Recession of 2013 is Now Five Days Away
Wed Dec. 26, 2012 4:59 PM PST

A Wee Comparison of Civil Liberties in the United States of America
Wed Dec. 26, 2012 1:12 PM PST

Artificial Intelligence is the Key to Future Growth — Or Stagnation
Wed Dec. 26, 2012 10:59 AM PST

Obama Needs to Nominate a Secretary of Defense. Now.
Wed Dec. 26, 2012 10:25 AM PST

Barack Obama's Problem: Fanatic Republicans and Mushball Democrats
Wed Dec. 26, 2012 9:45 AM PST

Dick Armey Leads Armed Coup of Tea Party Group, Gets Bought Off With $8 Million
Wed Dec. 26, 2012 9:08 AM PST

Merry Christmas!
Tue Dec. 25, 2012 7:06 AM PST

Christmas Eve Cat Blogging - 24 December 2012
Mon Dec. 24, 2012 10:52 AM PST

Will Republicans Deal on Guns?
Sun Dec. 23, 2012 10:09 AM PST

If You Want to Regulate Guns, Talk About Guns. Period.
Sat Dec. 22, 2012 10:27 AM PST

How to Deal With Sneaky American Editors
Fri Dec. 21, 2012 7:01 PM PST

End of the World Cat Blogging - 21 December 2012
Fri Dec. 21, 2012 1:01 PM PST

Let Us Now Bury Our Heads in the Sand
Fri Dec. 21, 2012 12:18 PM PST

A Non-Gun-Owner's Guide to Guns
Fri Dec. 21, 2012 10:54 AM PST

NRA Exceeds Even My Expectations for Total Derangement
Fri Dec. 21, 2012 10:38 AM PST

The Great Construction Employment Mystery Revisited
Fri Dec. 21, 2012 10:05 AM PST

Both Sides Are Responsible for Failure of Fiscal Cliff Talks
Fri Dec. 21, 2012 9:38 AM PST

The Republican Leadership Is Very Unhappy Today
Fri Dec. 21, 2012 9:14 AM PST

The Republican Party's Post-Election Meltdown
Thu Dec. 20, 2012 6:53 PM PST

Boehnerpocalypse Now
Thu Dec. 20, 2012 6:18 PM PST

The Great Construction Employment Mystery
Thu Dec. 20, 2012 3:52 PM PST

Quote of the Day: Wall Street and the Decline of Capitalism
Thu Dec. 20, 2012 12:54 PM PST

Fiscal Cliff Doing Republicans No Favors
Thu Dec. 20, 2012 12:02 PM PST

Plan B: Relieve the Rich, Screw the Poor
Thu Dec. 20, 2012 10:59 AM PST

How Does Your Brain Process 3-D Movies?
Thu Dec. 20, 2012 10:36 AM PST

Obama's Attitude Toward Treaties: Probably About Right
Thu Dec. 20, 2012 10:14 AM PST

Like it or Not, Today We Live in Robert Bork's World
Thu Dec. 20, 2012 9:34 AM PST

The Elephant Ouroboros
Wed Dec. 19, 2012 11:53 PM PST

Shale Oil Might Be Less Awesome Than We Think
Wed Dec. 19, 2012 7:25 PM PST

Good Patent News Today
Wed Dec. 19, 2012 4:22 PM PST

Republicans Are Still the Same Old Republicans
Wed Dec. 19, 2012 1:22 PM PST

Guns? Yawn. What Do You Think of John Boehner's Tan?
Wed Dec. 19, 2012 10:33 AM PST

The NRA Has No Intention of Making "Meaningful Contributions"
Wed Dec. 19, 2012 9:46 AM PST

Corruption and Fraud in the Financial Industry Get Worse and Worse
Wed Dec. 19, 2012 9:00 AM PST

Know Your Gun Terminology!
Tue Dec. 18, 2012 3:48 PM PST

The Latest From the Fever Swamp: Concussiongate
Tue Dec. 18, 2012 2:58 PM PST

Michigan Governor Latest to Shoot Himself in the Foot
Tue Dec. 18, 2012 11:37 AM PST

Can a State Require You to Insure Your Guns?
Tue Dec. 18, 2012 9:37 AM PST

Yacht Owners Go Galt in Newport Beach
Tue Dec. 18, 2012 9:24 AM PST

What a Fiscal Cliff Deal Will Probably Look Like
Tue Dec. 18, 2012 8:32 AM PST

Adopting Chained CPI Is a Terrible Idea on Its Own
Mon Dec. 17, 2012 5:52 PM PST

Yet More Republican Attempts to Game the System
Mon Dec. 17, 2012 12:32 PM PST

Inflation Expectations and the Fed
Mon Dec. 17, 2012 11:31 AM PST

What Are Congress' Options on Gun Control?
Mon Dec. 17, 2012 9:20 AM PST

Did the Fed's Announcement on Wednesday Work?
Sun Dec. 16, 2012 7:48 PM PST

Friday Cat Blogging - 14 December 2012
Fri Dec. 14, 2012 12:58 PM PST

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