Charles Hurt
Columns by Charles Hurt
Donald Trump’s political education should make him wary
And why shouldn't President Trump be alarmed that election officials in swing states are mailing out millions of absentee ballot applications to voters ahead of the 2020 election? Published May 21, 2020
Trump’s modesty and ending political persecutions
Again and again, it is President Trump's quiet, patient modesty that shines through. Especially compared to the suffocating loud-mouthed arrogance of his predecessor. Published May 18, 2020
Patty Murray and Senate half-wits confront COVID-19 pandemic
Patty Murray is the woman sent to fight a pandemic? Like the man said: "Best argument against democracy." Mrs. Murray and her tennis shoes wasted no time turning the Senate hearing into a partisan circus. Published May 14, 2020
Barack Obama: The creeper hanging around the arson fires
From the earliest days, President Barack Obama has shown a curious -- and unseemly -- obsession with the case of Gen. Michael Flynn. Published May 11, 2020
Demand Justice launches assault on Trump’s nominee for federal bench
"Demand Justice" is upset that a judge on the D.C. Circuit stepped down in March, opening a vacancy on the powerful second-highest court in the country for a Kentucky judge with ties to Mr. McConnell. Published May 7, 2020
Will Hillary Clinton answer one more siren call?
Who immediately surfaces to the top of the running-mate heap? Someone young? A fresh face? No. Who else, but the Democrats' answer to every problem? Hillary Clinton. Published May 4, 2020
The dishonest pursuit of Michael Flynn
More than two years since a federal judge ordered the government to hand over evidence that might exonerate Gen. Flynn, we finally see just how dishonest and conniving federal investigators were in pursuing him. Published April 30, 2020
Dictator Trump, enemy of the press, hurt by openness to press
Behold the perils of transparency. When it comes to the press, President Trump is the most generously available occupant of the White House since the invention of television. Published April 27, 2020
William Barr, just the man to fight the Chinese Communist Party virus
In a wide-ranging interview this week with radio host Hugh Hewitt, Attorney General William Barr defended the actions of governors and the president in responding to the initial CCP virus with executive alacrity. Published April 23, 2020
Dictator? Trump understands limits to his power better than press does
Reporters are forever vacillating between accusing President Trump of not doing enough and doing too much. They will claim whatever it takes at any given moment to tarnish, ridicule or undermine this president. Published April 20, 2020
Horowitz report is enough to make J. Edgar Hoover blush
In other news, things are even worse than you thought. J. Edgar Hoover is alive and well in the bowels of your federal government. Published April 16, 2020
Obama ‘leading from behind’ rides to Joe Biden rescue
Ex-President Barack Obama -- the man responsible for the presidency of Donald J. Trump -- has finally emerged from the tomb. Published April 14, 2020
Adam Schiff and his impeachment fairies go full Wuhan …
While Democrats in Congress were entirely consumed with impeaching President Trump, it now appears, Mr. Trump was conspiring with the leaders of Wuhan, China, and the wild-bat delicacy industry to hatch a virus. Published April 13, 2020
Bernie Sanders fought the law and the law won
The Democrats have managed to strangle dissent within the party and smother Sen. Bernard Sanders' vibrant crusade in the crib -- for the second time in four years. Published April 8, 2020
Donald Trump should stick to his assembly of experts — with extreme caution
President John F. Kennedy famously observed during a gathering of Nobel Prize winners: "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House -- with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Published April 6, 2020
Latest genius Democrat plan: Make the election about Wuhan virus
As in life, in politics you should be careful what you ask for. Published April 2, 2020
Citizen Legislator: Mr. Coburn goes to Washington
Tom Coburn was the last honest man in Washington. Published March 30, 2020
Joe Biden is Barack Obama without the fake Greek columns
Whatever you think about President Trump and his response to this global pandemic that sparked from a Chinese "wet market" selling wildlife, you cannot exactly be heartened to behold the response offered by Democrats. Published March 26, 2020
Press stunts at briefings show how useless Fourth Estate has become
Every pandemic has a silver lining. In this one we have finally determined without any doubt that regular White House press briefings no longer serve any useful purpose and should never be resumed. Published March 23, 2020
The real lesson of the Chinese pandemic
To paraphrase a former White House chief of staff, "Never let a pandemic go to waste." Published March 19, 2020