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.

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Columns by Charles Hurt

President Joe Biden holds a card handed to him by an aide that reads "Sir, there is something on your chin" to take notes as he meets with governors to discuss ongoing efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, and hear firsthand about the ongoing impacts of the 2021 wildfire season in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Elder abuse at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Just when you thought it impossible for this crazy carnival ride world to become more insane, somebody hits the "ludicrous" switch. Published August 2, 2021

Simone Biles, of the United States, looks on after pulling out of the artistic gymnastics women's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Winners and quitters at the Global Pandemic Olympics

Not since the athlete formerly known as "Bruce" Jenner quit manhood has an American quitter been more celebrated than elite gymnast Simone Biles. Published July 29, 2021

German gymnasts stand with their unitard costumes and wait to perform during the women's artistic gymnastic qualifications at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Olympic uninspiration

This year's summer Olympics in Tokyo are hardly underway and already they have suffered a fairly epic collapse in ratings, falling to a 33-year low. Published July 26, 2021

President Joe Biden, accompanied by CNN journalist Don Lemon, right, speaks at CNN town hall at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

When life gives Biden a Lemon

You know we are in trouble when CNN's Don Lemon is the smart one. Published July 22, 2021

In this 1960 file photo, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks in Atlanta. (AP Photo, File)

Political zealots seek to erase MLK’s history

Modern-day ISIS in America is not just hellbent on obliterating the history of our Founding. They are also determined to destroy our more recent history -- both our darkest struggles and our most shining moments. Published July 19, 2021

Xavier Becerra listens during a confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Health and Human Services before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

Biden administration goes full jihad with COVID-19 vaccine

For 50 years, innocent American citizens have been hectored by the left over the importance of privacy in health care. Published July 15, 2021

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

The Devil went down to Dallas

Donald Trump is back. And he was on FIRE on Sunday night in Dallas. Published July 11, 2021

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks through the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, before bringing the vote to the floor on creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi to the people: Drop dead!

Word on the street is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is finally allowing her Stasi fencing around her grand office on Capitol Hill to come down this weekend. We will believe it when we see it. Published July 8, 2021

Gwendolyn Berry, left, drapes her "Activist Athlete" T-Shirt over her head as DeAnna Price stands for the national anthem after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Price won and Berry finished third. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Bigots segregate America on Independence Day

Singing the national anthem, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and respecting the flag are not in any way political statements. They are not some kind of endorsement of anything that goes on in America. Published July 5, 2021

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks during a roundtable discussion at the Service Employees International Union 32BJ, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in New York. Granholm is visiting the state to promote President Joe Biden's sweeping infrastructure plan. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Florida building collapse shows how Democrats feast on human misery

Beware the perils of hawking every human catastrophe for personal political gain. Published July 1, 2021

Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., speaks at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in New Orleans, where he announced he's leaving Congress to work as an adviser to President-elect Joe Biden. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) ** FILE **

Biden team’s Cedric Richmond blames GOP for defunding the police

In a major psychotic break on Sunday morning, a top Biden administration official publicly blamed unnamed political opponents in the Republican Party of secretly waging war against innocent citizens. Published June 28, 2021

Then-Vice President Joe Biden (left) and his son Hunter Biden appear at the Duke Georgetown NCAA college basketball game in Washington on Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

Hunter Biden’s misdeeds stagger compared to Trump’s fake scandals

There is Bernie Madoff-level government corruption in Washington. And there is Anthony Weiner-level sleaze wherever the media, government and politics collide. And then there is Hunter Biden. Published June 17, 2021

President Joe Biden speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after posing for the G-7 family photo with guests at the G-7 summit, Friday, June 11, 2021, in Carbis Bay, England. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP)

Bring back Trump to call out China and the Globalists

Blundering Joe Biden and the Old Gang are back together again. Published June 14, 2021

Former President Barack Obama, right, jokes with formers Presidents Bill Clinton, center and George Bush, left, before the first round of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Bubba was right about Obama …

Maybe Bill Clinton was right about President Obama. After all, Arkansas Bubba was America's "first black president." Published June 9, 2021

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2021, photo, former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. Multiple people who have spoken with Trump and his team in recent weeks say they sense a shift, with the former president increasingly acting and talking like he plans to mount another White House bid. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Democrats condemn world in pursuit of Great Orange Whale

In an era of fake political scandals, real scandals hide. Despite zero evidence of then-President Trump's "collusion" with Russia, a thousand investigations were launched. Published June 3, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, after swearing in Kristen Clarke as assistant attorney general for civil rights, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Memorial Day lost on the likes of Kamala Harris

Happy Memorial Day. Or, as Vice President Kamala Harris calls it, "Just another long weekend I get to spend remembering me!" Published May 31, 2021

In this March 19, 2021, file photo, a nurse fills a syringe with COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Kansas City, Mo. States across the country are dramatically scaling back their COVID-19 vaccine orders as interest in the shots wanes, putting the goal of herd immunity further out of reach. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Magical COVID-19 serum will set us free

Vax-a-Million! Get it? Like "thanks a million," as in a million dollars? That you most likely will NOT win in the state lottery? Published May 27, 2021

Police stand guard after a day of riots at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A partisan ‘armed insurrection’ at the U.S. Capitol — but not what you may think

Finally, a true armed insurrection inside the U.S. Capitol. Published May 24, 2021

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Logic no obstacle for Nancy Pelosi and her lawless party

In politics, there is no greater superpower than shameless dishonesty. Published May 20, 2021

Then-President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Joe Biden paves path to Trump’s second term

Welcome to the moral hazard presidency. Published May 13, 2021