Just to let you guys know, Kevin Drum (the author) may be a political blogger but he's a smart, incisive writer that I think most Hacker News readers can apprec

Just to let you guys know, Kevin Drum (the author) may be a political blogger but he's a smart, incisive writer that I think most Hacker News readers can appreciate even if you wouldn't otherwise visit the Mother Jones website. I went to a Jeopardy! audition six years ago where a contestant named Kevin stated his occupation as "blogger". I chuckled to myself that "blogger" was the new "unemployed" and then he described what he blogged about. Wait, Kevin... Drum? I'd just read his blog a few days ago — that really is his job, I realized! He was obviously a sharp guy but unfortunately didn't made it on the show. I caught up with him after the audition and he was very personable and interested to know what other blogs I read. I introduced him to Marginal Revolution, which was little-known at that time. If your political interests line up, his blog is a good add to your feed reader. Even if not, it's worth a visit for interesting graphs of the moment and random non-political content such as these recent items: http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/chart-day-rise-machine http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/chart-day-rise-mac... http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/federal-benefits-able-bodied-workers http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/federal-benefits-a... http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/people-have-surprisingly-strong-opinions-about-south-dakota http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/people-have-surpri... http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/better-grad-students-please http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/better-grad-studen... http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/my-memory-hazy-fog-how-about-yours http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/my-memory-hazy-fog...