Category: Kevin Drum

It is not even close to winter yet, but already there’s nothing but bad news on the COVID-19 horizon. First off, here’s a chart you’ve probably seen a bunch of times: In the past three weeks, the number of new cases per day has increased by about 2.3x using smoothed 7-day averages. But maybe this…

Here’s a picture of, oh, I don’t know, I guess it’s the Citibank Building in downtown Los Angeles. It’s a panoramic shot stitched together in Photoshop, taken from one of the elevators of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel: September 19, 2020 — Los Angeles, CaliforniaI know what you’re about to say: Sure, Kevin, whatever. Kinda boring.…

Here’s the coronavirus death toll through November 13. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here. You should probably ignore the recent data from France. They have not been reliably reporting deaths over the past few days.

Here they are, our two furballs enjoying the early morning sun after being released from their nighttime confinement. Soon they will make their way around the house to the front yard jungle, where they will hide away waiting for a bird to fly into their mouths. It’s never happened yet, but hope springs eternal.

It’s a nice thought, but unfortunately it’s only half true.Jan Scheunert/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.I don’t agree with Ezra Klein that our problem is too little democracy—more about that later, perhaps—but I do agree…

Chris Kleponis/CNP via ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In the LA Times today, Nick Goldberg asks the question on everybody’s mind: What exactly are we witnessing here? Is this an attempted coup — a real…