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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A War Against Harman?
Thu Apr. 23, 2009 8:29 AM PDT

Down the Rabbit Hole
Thu Apr. 23, 2009 8:15 AM PDT

Negotiating With Pirates
Wed Apr. 22, 2009 10:27 PM PDT

First Movers
Wed Apr. 22, 2009 10:46 AM PDT

Moral Relativism
Wed Apr. 22, 2009 9:47 AM PDT

Oil Shocks
Wed Apr. 22, 2009 9:27 AM PDT

Paying to Play
Wed Apr. 22, 2009 8:43 AM PDT

False Confessions
Wed Apr. 22, 2009 8:17 AM PDT

A Wee Proposal
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 10:07 PM PDT

They're Nuts
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 8:48 PM PDT

Waiting Times
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 1:50 PM PDT

Prosecuting Torture
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 11:27 AM PDT

Quote of the Day - 4.21.09
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 10:52 AM PDT

Fraud? On Wall Street?
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 10:03 AM PDT

Mutual Fund Madness
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 9:42 AM PDT

Ragging on the Times
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 8:55 AM PDT

Low Stakes Testing
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 8:08 AM PDT

Chart of the Day - 4.21.2009
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 6:00 AM PDT

How Not to Deal With Pirates
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 10:46 PM PDT

On the Color of Swans
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 10:24 PM PDT

Wealth and Wall Street
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 4:58 PM PDT

Dishing on Chrysler
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 3:58 PM PDT

Chart of the Day - 4.20.2009
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 10:53 AM PDT

Adventureland
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 10:18 AM PDT

Paging Karl Marx
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 9:36 AM PDT

Quote of the Day #2 - 4.20.09
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 9:12 AM PDT

Ths Scourge of the Ballot Initiative
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 8:57 AM PDT

Quote of the Day - 4.20.09
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 8:22 AM PDT

Good News, Bad News
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 4:20 AM PDT

Phthalates
Sat Apr. 18, 2009 4:08 PM PDT

Politics as Entertainment
Sat Apr. 18, 2009 11:17 AM PDT

Kevin Drum Smackdown Watch
Sat Apr. 18, 2009 9:39 AM PDT

Financial Innovation
Sat Apr. 18, 2009 9:16 AM PDT

Friday Cat Blogging - 17 April 2009
Fri Apr. 17, 2009 12:01 PM PDT

Cuba Update
Fri Apr. 17, 2009 11:52 AM PDT

Do Not Call
Fri Apr. 17, 2009 10:47 AM PDT

Predicting Chaos
Fri Apr. 17, 2009 10:10 AM PDT

Prosecuting Torture
Fri Apr. 17, 2009 9:30 AM PDT

CDS and Bankruptcy
Fri Apr. 17, 2009 8:31 AM PDT

A Question for Goldman Sachs
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 10:31 PM PDT

All About Fundraising
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 7:36 PM PDT

Quote of the Day - 4.16.09
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 4:17 PM PDT

Defining Torture Down
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 4:00 PM PDT

The OLC Memos
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 12:49 PM PDT

Middle East Update
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 11:33 AM PDT

The Nutcase Right
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 10:26 AM PDT

Tick Tick Tick
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 9:47 AM PDT

Cutting Back
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 9:09 AM PDT

No More King
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 8:42 AM PDT

Listening in on Congress
Wed Apr. 15, 2009 6:49 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