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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Quote of the Day: House Republicans Have Completely Melted Down
Wed May. 1, 2013 9:22 AM PDT

Keep Calm and Go F*** Yourself
Wed May. 1, 2013 8:46 AM PDT

401(k) Retirement Funds Are a Rip-Off
Wed May. 1, 2013 8:14 AM PDT

High-Speed Trading Fairy Tales Come to Chicago
Tue Apr. 30, 2013 10:25 PM PDT

Quote of the Day: Let's Go To War In Syria
Tue Apr. 30, 2013 5:43 PM PDT

New Obamacare Application Demonstrates the Power of Framing
Tue Apr. 30, 2013 1:43 PM PDT

More Than Likely, President Obama Isn't an Idiot
Tue Apr. 30, 2013 11:30 AM PDT

Renewable Energy is Merely Another Front in the Culture Wars Now
Tue Apr. 30, 2013 9:55 AM PDT

Chart of the Day: European Unemployment Hits New Record
Tue Apr. 30, 2013 9:13 AM PDT

Democrats Are Starting to Sour on Obamacare
Tue Apr. 30, 2013 8:05 AM PDT

We Are All Free Traders Now
Mon Apr. 29, 2013 10:28 PM PDT

A Quick Survey on Abortion
Mon Apr. 29, 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Finally, the End of Austerity?
Mon Apr. 29, 2013 11:27 AM PDT

Scary Chart of the Day: Chinese Oil Demand Will Rise a Lot Over the Next Decade
Mon Apr. 29, 2013 9:48 AM PDT

Wolfram|Alpha Confirms All Our Ageist Stereotypes
Mon Apr. 29, 2013 8:46 AM PDT

Quote of the Day: Quantifying the Idiocy of the U.S. Congress
Mon Apr. 29, 2013 8:16 AM PDT

The Price of Healthcare Success: Losing Your Funding
Mon Apr. 29, 2013 7:47 AM PDT

Friday Cat Blogging - 26 April 2013
Fri Apr. 26, 2013 11:45 AM PDT

Cap-and-Trade in Europe is Working Just Fine
Fri Apr. 26, 2013 10:52 AM PDT

Pigford II and the Eternal Problem of How to Prove Discrimination
Fri Apr. 26, 2013 9:23 AM PDT

Chart of the Day: Unfortunately, GDP Growth is Right on Target
Fri Apr. 26, 2013 8:06 AM PDT

Today in Conservatism
Fri Apr. 26, 2013 7:33 AM PDT

Keep it Short
Thu Apr. 25, 2013 3:01 PM PDT

I Am Tired of People Calling Me On the Phone
Thu Apr. 25, 2013 1:42 PM PDT

George Bush Was No Dummy, But How About if We Leave it at That?
Thu Apr. 25, 2013 10:30 AM PDT

The Real Problem With Obamacare
Thu Apr. 25, 2013 8:59 AM PDT

Banks Continue to Scaremonger Over Nonexistent Down Payment Requirements
Thu Apr. 25, 2013 8:01 AM PDT

Finally, Congress Finds Something to Agree About
Wed Apr. 24, 2013 9:18 PM PDT

Why Obama Fails to Get Republican Votes, Part Infinity
Wed Apr. 24, 2013 2:17 PM PDT

Washington Post Wastes $125! News at 11!
Wed Apr. 24, 2013 10:45 AM PDT

House Republicans Introduce Yet Another Cunning Plot to Destroy Obamacare
Wed Apr. 24, 2013 9:15 AM PDT

Sunnis Are Awakening Once Again in Iraq
Wed Apr. 24, 2013 8:45 AM PDT

SEC Asked to Require Companies to Disclose Political Donations
Wed Apr. 24, 2013 7:51 AM PDT

Would You Rather Walk a Mile or Walk For 30 Minutes?
Tue Apr. 23, 2013 9:18 PM PDT

Assessing President Obama's Wimpitude
Tue Apr. 23, 2013 4:53 PM PDT

Apple Announces Mediocre Results
Tue Apr. 23, 2013 2:17 PM PDT

FBI: Tsarnaevs Acted Alone
Tue Apr. 23, 2013 1:42 PM PDT

Chart of the Day: Twitter Crashes the Stock Market
Tue Apr. 23, 2013 12:01 PM PDT

Here's What Lindsey Graham Really Thinks About How We Should Handle Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Tue Apr. 23, 2013 11:27 AM PDT

Quote of the Day: What Do White House Tours and Furloughed Air Traffic Controllers Have in Common?
Tue Apr. 23, 2013 9:58 AM PDT

Marco Rubio's Tough Sell on Immigration
Tue Apr. 23, 2013 9:11 AM PDT

Democrats Call Republican Bluff on Budget
Tue Apr. 23, 2013 8:19 AM PDT

Tax-Free Internet Sales Poised to Become a Thing of the Past
Mon Apr. 22, 2013 3:29 PM PDT

Quote of the Day: Doing Nothing is George Bush's Strong Suit
Mon Apr. 22, 2013 12:04 PM PDT

Why We Smoke
Mon Apr. 22, 2013 10:41 AM PDT

Jihad and Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Mon Apr. 22, 2013 10:01 AM PDT

Maureen Dowd and Presidential Leverage
Mon Apr. 22, 2013 9:33 AM PDT

China Going Crazy for SUVs
Mon Apr. 22, 2013 7:59 AM PDT

Chart of the Day: Why Global Recovery Has Been So Slow
Sun Apr. 21, 2013 3:47 PM PDT

A Tax Everyone Can Love (But No One Actually Does)
Sun Apr. 21, 2013 8:31 AM 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