Commentary: RIP Kevin Drum, nonpareil blogger on public policy, 1958-2025

R.I.P. to old guard blogger (and Friday Cat Blogging pioneer) Kevin Drum

One of the old guard left-of-center, data-driven bloggers Kevin Drum has died after a long battle with cancer at the age of sixty-six. From Wiki: Drum initially rose to prominence through the popularity of his independent blog Calpundit (2003–2004). He...

Commentary: RIP Kevin Drum, nonpareil blogger on public policy, 1958-2025

Kevin Drum, a pioneering blogger on public policy, passed away March 7 after a long battle with cancer

Kevin Drum was forced out of Mother Jones by people who didn't know about a secret thing he did for them.

Kevin Drum has passed away from cancer. I can’t claim to have known Kevin terribly well, or even as well as I wanted, but I did get to know him somewhat and I’d like to share some of my thoughts with you.In 2013, I got a DM from the editor in chief of Mother Jones. We knew each other vaguely through Twitter. She wanted to know if I could recommend a good engagement editor, essentially a person to do social media. I gave her some names. At the ti…