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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Goodbye Sarah, We'll Miss You. Sort of.
Mon Jan. 28, 2013 10:24 AM PST

Big Surprise: Yet Another Ed Reform Turns Out to be Bogus
Mon Jan. 28, 2013 9:55 AM PST

The Education of Barack Obama, Foreign Policy Edition
Mon Jan. 28, 2013 9:06 AM PST

Immigration Reform is Finally on the Agenda
Sun Jan. 27, 2013 11:07 PM PST

Crime is Down in Britain. It's Not a Surprise.
Sun Jan. 27, 2013 4:49 PM PST

Commuting in Your Driverless Car
Sat Jan. 26, 2013 3:11 PM PST

The Story Behind My Porsche
Sat Jan. 26, 2013 11:10 AM PST

Apple's Higher R&D Expense May Not Be Good News
Sat Jan. 26, 2013 9:39 AM PST

Friday Cat Blogging - 25 January 2013
Fri Jan. 25, 2013 1:31 PM PST

Not Everyone is Living Longer
Fri Jan. 25, 2013 1:21 PM PST

Quote of the Day: Being Outvoted is Unfair and Demoralizing
Fri Jan. 25, 2013 12:10 PM PST

Yes, Americans Will Learn to Unlove Their Cars
Fri Jan. 25, 2013 11:18 AM PST

DC Circuit Court Rules Obama Misused the Word "The"
Fri Jan. 25, 2013 10:15 AM PST

Bobby Jindal Thinks the GOP Isn't Right-Wing Enough
Fri Jan. 25, 2013 9:23 AM PST

Republicans Might Be Outsmarting Themselves on the Electoral College
Fri Jan. 25, 2013 4:11 AM PST

Republicans Care About Taxes and Spending, Not Deficits
Thu Jan. 24, 2013 3:28 PM PST

Driverless Cars Will Change Our Lives. Soon.
Thu Jan. 24, 2013 12:32 PM PST

Are Robo-Pollers Cheating?
Thu Jan. 24, 2013 10:47 AM PST

Filibuster Reform Stumbles to the Finish Line
Thu Jan. 24, 2013 10:15 AM PST

Unions and Income Inequality: Two Charts
Thu Jan. 24, 2013 9:47 AM PST

Republicans Are Not Being Cynical Enough in Their Power Grabs
Wed Jan. 23, 2013 4:45 PM PST

Yet More on Government Spending Levels
Wed Jan. 23, 2013 1:22 PM PST

Hillary Clinton Treats John McCain With Exactly the Respect He Deserves
Wed Jan. 23, 2013 11:22 AM PST

Can I Donate Money Anonymously on the Internet?
Wed Jan. 23, 2013 10:47 AM PST

Raw Data: The Union Premium
Wed Jan. 23, 2013 10:05 AM PST

Paul Ryan Promises a Balanced Budget
Wed Jan. 23, 2013 8:54 AM PST

Government Spending is Down in the Obama Era
Tue Jan. 22, 2013 5:22 PM PST

A Sports Rant That Isn't
Tue Jan. 22, 2013 11:27 AM PST

Leverage is Back! But This Time It's Different.
Tue Jan. 22, 2013 10:56 AM PST

Is Obama Finally Serious About Climate Change?
Tue Jan. 22, 2013 10:10 AM PST

High School Graduation Rates Still Increasing
Tue Jan. 22, 2013 8:52 AM PST

Ending the Evening on a High Note
Mon Jan. 21, 2013 11:20 PM PST

Quote of the Day: Prenatal Financial Markets Are the Next Frontier
Mon Jan. 21, 2013 10:34 PM PST

Barack Obama's Surprisingly Barbed Inaugural Address
Mon Jan. 21, 2013 9:22 PM PST

Virginia Republicans Give Blacks the Finger on MLK Day
Mon Jan. 21, 2013 7:02 PM PST

Was 1861 Really a Peaceful Transition of Power?
Mon Jan. 21, 2013 2:20 PM PST

Fashion is Less Important Than Literature
Mon Jan. 21, 2013 12:13 PM PST

Obama Gets Political, Kelly Clarkson Wows 'Em
Mon Jan. 21, 2013 10:21 AM PST

Income Inequality and Economic Growth
Mon Jan. 21, 2013 9:14 AM PST

There Are Limits to Hardball
Sat Jan. 19, 2013 9:26 AM PST

Friday Cat Blogging - 18 January 2013
Fri Jan. 18, 2013 12:53 PM PST

The Case Against (Temporarily) Abolishing Taxes
Fri Jan. 18, 2013 12:06 PM PST

Let's Get One Thing Straight: It's Republicans Who Are Picking Fights, Not President Obama
Fri Jan. 18, 2013 10:45 AM PST

My Modest Proposal to Solve the Debt Ceiling Fight
Fri Jan. 18, 2013 9:07 AM PST

I Think the Media Gets a Pass on the Manti Te'o Hoax
Thu Jan. 17, 2013 4:47 PM PST

Gun Owners Can't Handle the Truth
Thu Jan. 17, 2013 11:30 AM PST

Aaron Swartz Case Is About a Lot More Than Just Aaron Swartz
Thu Jan. 17, 2013 10:34 AM PST

Why Climate Change Legislation Failed -- And What to Do About It
Thu Jan. 17, 2013 10:15 AM PST

Quote of the Day: Bill? What Bill?
Thu Jan. 17, 2013 8:52 AM PST

America's Brutal Treatment of Its Struggling Wealthy Class
Wed Jan. 16, 2013 7:17 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