Charles Hurt
Columns by Charles Hurt
Trump set for greatest political comeback in history
Former President Donald Trump's blaring motorcade snaked its way up to Capitol Hill on Thursday, marking his first visit to the Capitol since he was drummed from power nearly four years ago. Published June 13, 2024
The real reason Trump is running again
Barack Obama was America's first social media president. But he was not smart enough or strong enough to use that independent power against the government machine. Published June 10, 2024
Rock bottom for Hunter Biden
It is most certainly true that if Hunter Biden's last name were not Biden, he would not find himself passing through a throng of media every day this week into a Delaware courtroom to face charges that he lied. Published June 6, 2024
Who is Biden really working for? It’s not the American people
The central question for any incumbent president running for reelection is, "Are voters better off today than they were four years ago?" Published June 3, 2024
Trump makes offer only big-L Libertarians could refuse
In the end, all Americans are Libertarians. Published May 30, 2024
Trump’s Empire state of mind
Under smiling skies last Thursday night, former President Donald Trump ventured far beyond Yankee Stadium into a tough Democratic neighborhood in the South Bronx to be greeted by an adoring, enthusiastic crowd waving red, white and blue. Published May 28, 2024
Bronx or bust: ‘The Art of the Possible’ and Trump’s unlikely comeback from political doom
In April of last year, when New York's Democratic prosecutor Alvin Bragg indicted former President Donald Trump on lapsed federal charges from eight years earlier involving byzantine campaign finance regulations and relying on testimony from deeply corrupted witnesses, Mr. Trump looked like a finished man. Published May 23, 2024
Beating the odds: Trump always plays to win
Walking out of court in Manhattan last week, former President Donald Trump boasted that he was up in all the polls even though, as he likes to remind us, "I have a gag order!" Published May 20, 2024
Democrats confounded by swimmers, border walls and presidential debates
New York Mayor Eric Adams just returned from Rome for a field trip to learn how to deal with the exploding Biden migrant population residing illegally in his city. He met with the pope. Published May 16, 2024
Porn Actress v. Germaphobe: Trump trial backfiring on Democrats — bigly
So, it is true. Marla Maples was right. Donald Trump really is a wildcat in the bedroom. Published May 13, 2024
Biden greenlighting menthol cigarettes for Black smokers
The innocent citizen has long speculated about what it takes for a politician to get fired from politics. Where is the line? Published May 6, 2024
Bluto’s ‘Animal House’ philosophy beats Biden’s pro-Hamas doctrine
President Biden's pro-Hamas riots on university campuses the past couple of weeks are the second big glimpse into just how rotten American education has become. Published May 2, 2024
Lawless confederates against Trump
Democrats are fond of saying that former President Donald Trump is a "threat to democracy." That is why they will stop at nothing to destroy him. But it is a lie. And they know it is a lie. Published April 29, 2024
Speaker ‘Moses’ Johnson drowns House Republicans in the Red Sea
When Rep. Matt Gaetz and his band of political misfits cashiered former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last year, they assured us they were leading Republicans out of the wilderness and finally into the promised land. Published April 25, 2024
University safe spaces reserved for terrorist supporters
So these are the racist Americans President Biden warned us about. Published April 22, 2024
Trump stars in ‘Law & Order: Zero Victims Unit’
Excuse me, your honor, but what part of "America First" do you not understand? Published April 18, 2024
It’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Bring back the Great White Knights of the Patriarchy
Long live the patriarchy! Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it's been nothing but bloodshed in the back alleys of America. Published April 11, 2024
Biden transforms into ‘Dark Brandon’
Dark Brandon is real. Published April 8, 2024
Democrats’ desperation is good news for the rest of us
The Democratic Party's latest mental breakdown over former President Donald Trump was triggered last week by the former president hawking Bibles to supporters over the internet. Published April 1, 2024
Democrats’ ‘freak show’ goes after Trump
If Donald Trump is a carnival barker, this motley crew of Trump detractors is the freak show that sets up a tent down the road from wherever Mr. Trump takes his jolly circus. Published March 28, 2024