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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Is Obama About to Get Serious on Climate Change?
Wed Jun. 19, 2013 12:14 PM PDT

The Chutzpah, It Just Keeps Coming
Wed Jun. 19, 2013 11:22 AM PDT

Darrell Issa Wins Yet Another Chutzpah Award
Wed Jun. 19, 2013 9:19 AM PDT

Most Americans Still OK With NSA Spying Programs
Wed Jun. 19, 2013 8:34 AM PDT

Angela Merkel Reveals Plot #5 Broken Up By NSA Surveillance
Wed Jun. 19, 2013 8:06 AM PDT

Less Lead Means Fewer Kids in Prison
Wed Jun. 19, 2013 7:53 AM PDT

CBO Report: Immigration Reform Would Reduce the Federal Deficit
Tue Jun. 18, 2013 3:33 PM PDT

A Longer Look at Medical Inflation
Tue Jun. 18, 2013 2:53 PM PDT

House Committee Conducts Lovefest With NSA Chief
Tue Jun. 18, 2013 1:48 PM PDT

Is John Boehner Bluffing on Immigration Reform?
Tue Jun. 18, 2013 10:54 AM PDT

Texas Says No To Our Tacocopter Future
Tue Jun. 18, 2013 9:51 AM PDT

Don't Believe the TTIP Hype
Tue Jun. 18, 2013 9:07 AM PDT

Chart of the Day: Inflation Is Out of Control!
Tue Jun. 18, 2013 7:58 AM PDT

There are 46 Guantánamo Detainees Who Will Never Be Tried and Never Be Released
Mon Jun. 17, 2013 10:46 PM PDT

Poll of the Day: Nobody Wants to Get Involved in Syria
Mon Jun. 17, 2013 8:15 PM PDT

Yep, Having More Money Is Good for Your Health (and Your Baby's)
Mon Jun. 17, 2013 1:55 PM PDT

Can the Christian Right Persuade Republicans to Fix Obamacare?
Mon Jun. 17, 2013 10:30 AM PDT

When You Get Right Down To It, Everything is Policy
Mon Jun. 17, 2013 9:47 AM PDT

Edward Snowden Says More Info About "Direct Access" Is In the Works
Mon Jun. 17, 2013 9:09 AM PDT

Immigration Reform Faces Long Odds in the House
Mon Jun. 17, 2013 8:17 AM PDT

Yet More Reporting on NSA's Surveillance Programs
Sat Jun. 15, 2013 10:08 PM PDT

How Much Email Metadata Does NSA Collect?
Sat Jun. 15, 2013 9:30 PM PDT

Washington Post Provides New History of NSA Surveillance Programs
Sat Jun. 15, 2013 7:02 PM PDT

Can NSA Analysts Listen to Your Phone Calls?
Sat Jun. 15, 2013 6:17 PM PDT

NSA Apparently Surveils About 0.01 Percent of Foreign Facebook Accounts
Sat Jun. 15, 2013 9:03 AM PDT

Friday Cat Blogging - 14 June 2013
Fri Jun. 14, 2013 12:11 PM PDT

Today's Chin Scratcher: Why Are People So Distrustful of Big Government?
Fri Jun. 14, 2013 12:02 PM PDT

Is the U.S. Actively Trying to Prolong the Syrian Civil War?
Fri Jun. 14, 2013 10:28 AM PDT

Partisan Hypocrisy and NSA Surveillance
Fri Jun. 14, 2013 9:06 AM PDT

Bank Robbery Suspect Wants NSA Phone Records to Prove His Innocence
Fri Jun. 14, 2013 8:04 AM PDT

Chart of the Day: America's 30-Year Project to Make the Rich Even Richer
Fri Jun. 14, 2013 7:40 AM PDT

If the Economy Is Back, Why Are Wages Still So Low?
Fri Jun. 14, 2013 3:05 AM PDT

Quote of the Day: We Should Treat the Citizenry Like Mushrooms
Thu Jun. 13, 2013 9:19 PM PDT

Here's Why Arming the Syrian Rebels Is a Bad Idea
Thu Jun. 13, 2013 9:11 PM PDT

How Much Bang Do We Get For Our Infrastructure Buck?
Thu Jun. 13, 2013 6:51 PM PDT

Some Questions For and About Edward Snowden
Thu Jun. 13, 2013 3:05 PM PDT

Yeah, It Was a Thumb Drive
Thu Jun. 13, 2013 12:09 PM PDT

Republicans Really, Really Don't Care About Improving Healthcare
Thu Jun. 13, 2013 11:29 AM PDT

What Happens When You Can't Get an Abortion?
Thu Jun. 13, 2013 8:59 AM PDT

Your Genes Cannot Be Patented
Thu Jun. 13, 2013 7:52 AM PDT

Quote of the Day: NSA Wants to Be Totally Open
Wed Jun. 12, 2013 9:46 PM PDT

An Update on America's Antique Credit Card Industry
Wed Jun. 12, 2013 5:59 PM PDT

How Wall Street Takes Ordinary Schlubs to the Cleaners
Wed Jun. 12, 2013 3:00 PM PDT

The Financialization of America: A Wee Example
Wed Jun. 12, 2013 10:47 AM PDT

Chart of the Day: The Great Gatsby Curve
Wed Jun. 12, 2013 10:11 AM PDT

Quote of the Day: Darrell Issa Wins the Chutzpah Award for June
Wed Jun. 12, 2013 9:06 AM PDT

Housing Prices Are Up, Up, Up in Southern California
Wed Jun. 12, 2013 8:25 AM PDT

Watching the Watchmen, NSA Edition
Wed Jun. 12, 2013 7:35 AM PDT

Maybe America Doesn't Like the NSA Phone Surveillance Program After All
Tue Jun. 11, 2013 4:07 PM PDT

So Far, We Haven't Learned Much From the NSA Leaks
Tue Jun. 11, 2013 12:02 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