Charles Hurt
Columns by Charles Hurt
Kamala Harris has the right skin color for Joe Biden … and nothing else
Joe Biden selected a running mate based on the color of her skin. He rejected other candidates based on the color of their skin. He did this openly and without apology. Published August 17, 2020
Virginia dreaming: King Northam prioritizes schoolchildren …
Decidedly not funny is the discovery that school teachers are not essential. Heck, it turns out school is not even deemed essential anymore. It was one of the very first casualties of the coronavirus pandemic. Published August 13, 2020
Democrats’ fear-mongering and demagoguery are enough to choke a mule
Defunding city police departments. Exploding murder rates. Free health care for illegal aliens. Crushing debt. Obliterating American history. Published August 6, 2020
Jerrold Nadler attacks on William Barr par for course for New York windbag
On his way to a hearing last week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler was in a car accident. Watching Mr. Nadler during that hearing, you might think he had hit his head in the accident. Published August 3, 2020
America’s Faucian bargain
Anthony Fauci's embarrassing face-plant on Opening Day at Nationals Park gave a bad name to bespectacled nerds everywhere. Maybe it was his facemask cutting off the oxygen required for elite athleticism. Published July 27, 2020
Just like rats in a plague, Democrats feed on America’s misery
Nearly 150,000 Americans have already died in this once-in-a-century plague from China. The nation is truly at war against an invisible enemy. In other words, this is the perfect time for Washington Democrats to pillage for their own personal political profit. Published July 23, 2020
Remember John Lewis
Remember John Lewis. Remember Selma. Last week America lost one of the great lions of the civil rights movement. Few people alive today did more to bend the arc of history toward justice than Rep. John Lewis. Published July 20, 2020
Baseball is the answer
When in doubt, baseball is the answer. In these harrowing times, the silver lining has been the local-TV baseball station that plays "classic" games from years past every night. Published July 16, 2020
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being … Joe Biden
After six weeks of shamelessly exploiting the tragic death of George Floyd for his own political fortune Mr. Biden has finally identified the source -- the very headwaters -- of White Privilege in America. He found it in the mirror. Published July 9, 2020
Joe Biden, part of the problem since 1973
You gotta love Joe Biden. The guy has been part of the problem in Washington for 47 years. But now? Now, he is really going to get after it! Published July 6, 2020
Vulture Joe Biden no Atticus Finch
What kinds of political vultures sit around bobbing their nasty little heads in search of rotten carrion after a human catastrophe? Well, Democrats, of course! Published July 2, 2020
Beware, President Trump, of the enthusiasm gap …
President Trump's reelection campaign issued a "memorandum on enthusiasm" Sunday outlining the very "real and wide" gap in enthusiasm between Mr. Trump's campaign and that of Joe Biden. Published June 29, 2020
The Democrats’ ‘Bonfire of Inanities’
In this modern Bonfire of Inanities, ignorance reigns supreme. Which is one of the big problems with mob "justice," a painful lesson we history students here in America learned a long time ago. Published June 25, 2020
Joe Biden’s 40 years in Washington is the problem
The problem isn't how long Joe Biden has been alive. The problem is how long he has been in Washington. Or, as President Trump described it, "four decades of betrayal, calamity and failure." Published June 21, 2020
Donald Trump and the riot of political plagues
It is only June. But already this year, President Trump has endured an impeachment trial, a global pandemic, an economic collapse and, now, unchecked rioting in the streets. Published June 11, 2020
Donald Trump and all the boomerang lies
Brace for the fight of your life. The biggest difference between today and four years ago is that this time they know Donald Trump can win. Published June 8, 2020
A tale of two riots reveals double standard
It was the best of riots. It was the worst of riots. Coast to coast, anything goes in this madness and mayhem today. Published June 4, 2020
Democrats, rioters don’t care about George Floyd — they’re just using him
Why is anybody surprised to see the racial extortion, lawless rioting and selfish looting in the streets of America's big cities today -- all in the name of an unarmed black man named George Floyd, who died in police custody last week? Published June 1, 2020
Joe Biden’s racism a Democratic Party tradition
True, we have not even elected him president yet, but isn't it already time to start dismantling Joe Biden's presidential library? Published May 28, 2020
Joe Biden — the perverted Magic Eight Ball that is always wrong
As President Trump has been saying for years now, "What have you got to lose?" And then along comes Joe Biden to remind us all that when it comes to the Washington Olde Guard, America really does have nothing to lose. Published May 25, 2020