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Charles Hurt

Charles Hurt

Charles Hurt is the Opinion Editor and a columnist for The Washington Times. Often seen as a Fox News contributor on the cable network’s signature evening news roundtable, Mr. Hurt in his 20-year career has worked his way up from a beat reporter for the Detroit News and Washington correspondent for the Charlotte Observer before joining The Washington Times in 2003. He later served as D.C. bureau chief and White House correspondent for the New York Post and editor at the Drudge Report. He can be reached at churt@washingtontimes.com.

Columns by Charles Hurt

Vice President Joe Biden, left, listens as President Barack Obama announces that Biden will lead an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence in response to the Connecticut school shooting, during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House on Dec. 19, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Biden, Obama exploit tragedy for personal, political gain

There are special dungeons in hell reserved for politicians who vote to send our boys to die in wars they don't really believe in. President Biden, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton will find out in due time. Published May 26, 2022

Police secure an area around a supermarket where several people were killed in a shooting, Saturday, May 14, 2022 in Buffalo, N.Y. Officials said the gunman entered the supermarket with a rifle and opened fire. Investigators believe the man may have been livestreaming the shooting and were looking into whether he had posted a manifesto online (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)

The left has an agenda for every tragedy

The yawning disconnect between the screeching scribes in the political press and ordinary citizens in America is never more evident than in the aftermath of a horrific human tragedy. Published May 16, 2022

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on the Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, Thursday, May 12, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool photo via AP)

Meet Janet Yellen: Margaret Sanger for modern America

Speaking on behalf of the Biden administration, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen lectured Sen. Tim Scott on the public value of abortion because it is so frequently used on the unborn children of "teenaged women, particularly low income and often Black." Published May 12, 2022

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. addresses the audience during the "The Emergency Docket" lecture Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in the McCartan Courtroom at the University of Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Ind. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP) ** FILE **

St. Alito slays abortion dragon

The bad news is that we are presently living through the Dark Ages of America. Black magic, witches, squalor, plagues and pestilence define these fearful times. Published May 5, 2022

President Joe Biden appears with first lady Jill Biden and the Easter Bunny on the Blue Room balcony at the White House, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden and the bunnymen

Oh, to be alive in this age of science fiction in America. Published April 21, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks at the North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

The despicable Joe Biden

In the fifth decade of his political career in Washington, Joe Biden rebranded himself as a harmless, old coot. Published April 11, 2022

Biden's Illegal Immigration Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Impeach Biden over border treason

This White House is the most corrupt administration in modern history. It is high time to impeach President Biden. Published April 7, 2022

Caravaggio's 1602 painting entitled "The Taking of Christ" which will go on display at Washington's National Gallery of Art. To Christians it's one of the most dramatic moments of their faith, the kiss of Judas and the arrest of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. To art lovers it's the depiction of that moment by one of the greatest of Italian artists, Michaelangelo Meerisi, better known as Caravaggio. (AP Photo/National Gallery of Art)

Judas was a Democrat

Coming up on Holy Week as we are, it might not be very Christian to compare President Biden to Judas Iscariot. Published April 4, 2022

President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks with members of the press after speaking about his administration's plans to combat rising gas prices in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden’s doomsday doctrine

Unlike President Biden, actor Bruce Willis has a family who cares deeply about him, his dignity and the profession to which he has dedicated his life. Published March 31, 2022