Open office plans, cell phones, constant notifications: these are all things that fight against sustained attention on a task. For some people and so…

- Kevin Drum

The folks who want to be left alone are the ones who actually get most of the work done, but they’re still mocked as drones or beavers or trolls. Tha…

- Kevin Drum

My fear is that having been promised a revolution, Bernie Sanders supporters will become disgusted and cynical when Hillary Clinton and the establish…

- Kevin Drum

You're more likely to vote Democratic if you hate Republicans than if you love Democrats, and vice versa.

- Kevin Drum

Smart hiring managers in the modern world should be asking, “How long can you concentrate on a task before you have to take a break?” I wonder how ma…

- Kevin Drum

The ability to focus on a single task for an extended period is a talent that’s underappreciated - especially by extroverts, who continue to exercise…

- Kevin Drum

There's no liberal equivalent of Donald Trump.

- Kevin Drum

[Ronald]Reagan and[George W.] Bush were far more radical than other presidents.

- Kevin Drum

If you don’t want your followers to give up in disgust, your inspiration needs to be in the service of goals that are at least attainable.

- Kevin Drum