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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Chart of the Day: Reducing the Federal Deficit
Tue Mar. 19, 2013 9:49 PM PDT

Economists Should Think a Little More About Politics
Tue Mar. 19, 2013 5:56 PM PDT

Your Texts May Not Be As Private As You Think
Tue Mar. 19, 2013 1:53 PM PDT

The Latest Body Count From the Senate
Tue Mar. 19, 2013 11:13 AM PDT

Chart of the Day: The Military-Industrial Complex is Not Worried
Tue Mar. 19, 2013 9:59 AM PDT

America's Losing Streak in Small Wars That Got Big
Tue Mar. 19, 2013 9:48 AM PDT

We're Probably Still a Few Months Away From an Employment Boom in Housing
Tue Mar. 19, 2013 9:16 AM PDT

Getting Creative in Cyprus
Tue Mar. 19, 2013 8:24 AM PDT

News Coverage of Local Politics Is Fading Away
Mon Mar. 18, 2013 2:22 PM PDT

Yes, Of Course the Iraq War Was (Partly) About Oil
Mon Mar. 18, 2013 10:58 AM PDT

John Boehner Not Thrilled About Possible Budget Bargain
Mon Mar. 18, 2013 9:57 AM PDT

Marketing Campaigns and Immigration Reform
Mon Mar. 18, 2013 8:53 AM PDT

Chart of the Day: Still Plenty of Love for the Iraq War
Mon Mar. 18, 2013 8:08 AM PDT

A Look Behind the Curtain at Wall Street's 24/7 Effort to Gut Finance Reform
Mon Mar. 18, 2013 6:45 AM PDT

A Fifth Reason to Care About Economic History
Sun Mar. 17, 2013 8:50 PM PDT

Question of the Day: Is Cyprus Unique?
Sun Mar. 17, 2013 4:52 PM PDT

How Irish Are You?
Sun Mar. 17, 2013 10:37 AM PDT

Liberals Are Annoying
Sat Mar. 16, 2013 9:31 PM PDT

National Security Letters Have Their Day in Court -- And Lose
Sat Mar. 16, 2013 6:47 PM PDT

The NFL Hits Yet Another Roadblock in LA
Sat Mar. 16, 2013 6:15 PM PDT

The Slow Death of the Driver's License
Sat Mar. 16, 2013 8:36 AM PDT

Friday Cat Blogging - 15 March 2013
Fri Mar. 15, 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Members of Congress With Daughters Vote Better on Women's Issues
Fri Mar. 15, 2013 11:17 AM PDT

The Latest News From Tiber Beat
Fri Mar. 15, 2013 10:45 AM PDT

Gay Marriage Wins Another Convert
Fri Mar. 15, 2013 9:25 AM PDT

It is Time to Face Up to Our Epidemic of Paring Knife Non-Injuries in Birthday Cakes
Fri Mar. 15, 2013 8:27 AM PDT

Americans Sure Do Yak a Lot While Driving
Fri Mar. 15, 2013 7:44 AM PDT

Paul Ryan's Middle-Class Tax Hike
Thu Mar. 14, 2013 2:09 PM PDT

Ask Me Anything (About Catblogging)
Thu Mar. 14, 2013 9:46 AM PDT

White House Loses Gamble on Canceled White House Tours
Thu Mar. 14, 2013 9:13 AM PDT

Is Twitter a Replacement for RSS?
Thu Mar. 14, 2013 8:29 AM PDT

Obamacare's 21-Page Application (Sort Of)
Thu Mar. 14, 2013 8:01 AM PDT

Today Is the 10th Anniversary of Friday Cat Blogging
Thu Mar. 14, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

It Turns Out That Obama Doesn't Hate Whitey After All
Wed Mar. 13, 2013 10:02 PM PDT

We Have a New Pope
Wed Mar. 13, 2013 12:17 PM PDT

Judicial Confirmations Update: Political Science Weighs In!
Wed Mar. 13, 2013 11:37 AM PDT

Maybe We Need a Grand Bargain Over Judges?
Wed Mar. 13, 2013 10:07 AM PDT

Henry Waxman Has Another New Carbon Tax Proposal
Wed Mar. 13, 2013 9:13 AM PDT

Presidential Schmoozing Really Isn't the Issue Here, Folks
Wed Mar. 13, 2013 8:24 AM PDT

There's More to the Economy Than Walmart
Wed Mar. 13, 2013 7:52 AM PDT

How to Write a Meaningless Law
Tue Mar. 12, 2013 7:08 PM PDT

Glenn Kessler Makes a Reasonable Point About What's Serious and What's Not
Tue Mar. 12, 2013 2:42 PM PDT

Paul Ryan Does Not Accept the Tax Increases in the Fiscal Cliff Deal. Not At All.
Tue Mar. 12, 2013 12:09 PM PDT

We Seem to be Losing the Race Against Superbugs
Tue Mar. 12, 2013 10:46 AM PDT

Good Loans, Bad Loans
Tue Mar. 12, 2013 8:59 AM PDT

Paul Ryan's "New" Plan: Squeeze the Poor, Boost the Rich
Tue Mar. 12, 2013 7:33 AM PDT

Remembrance of the Ghost of Christmas Past. Wait. That's Not Right, Is It?
Tue Mar. 12, 2013 7:14 AM PDT

TSA's Devious Pocketknife Feint
Mon Mar. 11, 2013 5:12 PM PDT

Paul Ryan Hates Obamacare, But Loves Obamacare's Taxes
Mon Mar. 11, 2013 11:43 AM PDT

University Life in the 21st Century
Mon Mar. 11, 2013 11:10 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