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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Want to Tackle Income Inequality? You Need to Go After Capital Gains.
Wed Feb. 20, 2013 12:57 PM PST

The Best Plan for the Sequester: Just Kill It
Wed Feb. 20, 2013 10:28 AM PST

Today's Big Fight: Centrist Opinion vs. Centrist Opinion
Wed Feb. 20, 2013 9:44 AM PST

"Friends of Hamas" Even Stupider Than You Thought
Wed Feb. 20, 2013 9:00 AM PST

There is No Possible Sequester Deal to be Made
Tue Feb. 19, 2013 6:44 PM PST

Who Pays the Corporate Income Tax?
Tue Feb. 19, 2013 3:42 PM PST

Janet Yellen Explains Why Our Recovery Has Been So Weak
Tue Feb. 19, 2013 12:32 PM PST

Simpson-Bowles 2.0 and Its Sacred Cows
Tue Feb. 19, 2013 11:45 AM PST

Quote of the Day: Not Even Wrong
Tue Feb. 19, 2013 10:52 AM PST

Coming Attractions Are Now a Honeypot of Extra Money
Tue Feb. 19, 2013 10:38 AM PST

Obama, DC Press Corps Locked in Mutual Loathing Pact
Tue Feb. 19, 2013 10:30 AM PST

The Odd Case of Liability and Small Airplanes
Tue Feb. 19, 2013 8:49 AM PST

Privately Run Medicare Plans are Really Expensive
Mon Feb. 18, 2013 10:20 PM PST

Software Patents: A Test Run for Bipartisan Cooperation?
Mon Feb. 18, 2013 3:09 PM PST

John McCain Goes All-In on Benghazi "Cover-Up"
Mon Feb. 18, 2013 8:55 AM PST

Quote of the Day: Frying the Planet Is Okay As Long As We Protect It From Asteroids
Sat Feb. 16, 2013 6:56 PM PST

Has the Mainstream Media Finally Had Enough?
Sat Feb. 16, 2013 9:54 AM PST

Friday Valentine Cat Blogging - 15 February 2013
Fri Feb. 15, 2013 1:01 PM PST

Here's How Billionaires Launder Their Climate-Denial Cash
Fri Feb. 15, 2013 12:38 PM PST

Today We Have Bipartisan Support for Raising the Minimum Wage!
Fri Feb. 15, 2013 11:31 AM PST

When it Comes to Chuck Hagel, It's Not Business, It's Personal
Fri Feb. 15, 2013 10:39 AM PST

Fear is Getting a Bad Rap These Days
Fri Feb. 15, 2013 9:55 AM PST

Why Russians Are in Love With Dashboard Cameras
Fri Feb. 15, 2013 9:07 AM PST

No, Republicans Will Not Support Expanded Pre-K
Thu Feb. 14, 2013 11:33 PM PST

I Think Voldemort Has Put a Curse on SOTU Responses
Thu Feb. 14, 2013 6:27 PM PST

"Friends of Hamas": World's Dumbest Front Group?
Thu Feb. 14, 2013 4:42 PM PST

The Politics of Tech is Usually Pretty Simple
Thu Feb. 14, 2013 4:16 PM PST

GOP Not in Kansas Anymore
Thu Feb. 14, 2013 1:47 PM PST

Deregulation May Not Have Lowered Air Fares After All
Thu Feb. 14, 2013 11:14 AM PST

WTF Is Going On With Chuck Hagel?
Thu Feb. 14, 2013 10:05 AM PST

Quote of the Day: Taco Bell's Improbable Strategy
Thu Feb. 14, 2013 9:35 AM PST

The Biggest Value of Pre-K Can't Be Found in Test Scores
Thu Feb. 14, 2013 9:10 AM PST

9 Bucks and Age 4
Wed Feb. 13, 2013 8:29 AM PST

Housekeeping Note
Mon Feb. 11, 2013 7:50 PM PST

How to Make Money by Screwing Your Customers
Mon Feb. 11, 2013 3:57 PM PST

Practically Everyone Retires Early These Days
Mon Feb. 11, 2013 12:15 PM PST

We Humans Are Terrible Earwitnesses
Mon Feb. 11, 2013 10:49 AM PST

Obama Wants to Spend More on Infrastructure. Will Republicans Go Along?
Mon Feb. 11, 2013 10:44 AM PST

Raw Data: 401(k) Account Balances for Workers Near Retirement
Mon Feb. 11, 2013 9:55 AM PST

Here's Hoping for a Better Pope
Mon Feb. 11, 2013 8:59 AM PST

We Humans Are Terrible Eyewitnesses
Sat Feb. 9, 2013 7:08 PM PST

Friday Cat Blogging - 8 February 2013
Fri Feb. 8, 2013 1:18 PM PST

Whose Idea Was the Sequester?
Fri Feb. 8, 2013 12:47 PM PST

The Iron Triangle Meets the Sequester
Fri Feb. 8, 2013 10:48 AM PST

Quote of the Day: Come Visit Sunny Germany!
Fri Feb. 8, 2013 10:08 AM PST

The End of Immigration?
Fri Feb. 8, 2013 9:44 AM PST

Benghazi is the Conspiracy Theory That Just Won't Go Away
Fri Feb. 8, 2013 8:31 AM PST

Will Boomers and Gen Xers Be Able to Retire?
Fri Feb. 8, 2013 4:11 AM PST

Keeping Score in Today's Republican Cage Match
Thu Feb. 7, 2013 2:45 PM PST

Racial Resentment and Fox News
Thu Feb. 7, 2013 12:16 PM PST

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