Charles Hurt
Columns by Charles Hurt
HURT: Obama’s agenda is simple — take more of your money
The state of our union, President Obama now tells us with “renewed” confidence, is “stronger.” Stronger than what, exactly? The deepest bowels of a recession? Published February 12, 2013
HURT: Dr. Carson a good remedy for what ails U.S.
Here are five reasons why Dr. Ben Carson, the famed Baltimore pediatric neurosurgeon and American patriot, should run for president. Published February 12, 2013
HURT: Five reasons Dr. Ben Carson, who’s already upstaged President Obama, should run for president
Here are five reasons why Dr. Ben Carson, the famed Baltimore pediatric neurosurgeon and American patriot, should run for president. Published February 12, 2013
HURT: Hagel is ideal Republican for Obama, but not for DoD
Chuck Hagel, in all likelihood, will be confirmed as President Obama's next secretary of defense. Published February 5, 2013
HURT: Gun-free zones are only for ‘the little people’
Living here in the shadow of our nation's great Capitol in this fine Federal City, my neighbors and I enjoy the peace and serenity of a tightly enforced "no-fly" zone. By "peace" and "serenity" I mean that we are under near-constant assault by helicopters everywhere whapping just over our rooftops. Published January 29, 2013
HURT: A unifying day — until the inaugural speech began
It was another door-buster inauguration. Not quite 2008, but still a pretty sensational showing. Published January 22, 2013
HURT: Gun edicts put personal liberty under fire
Where is the liberal outrage? Where is the liberal suspicion about powerful, unchecked governments? Where is the liberal unflinching devotion to individual liberty? Published January 16, 2013
HURT: Gun-control crowd using Gabby Giffords as a mascot
What does it tell you when a new group founded to clamp down on gun-ownership rights announces its formation by trotting out the celebrity victim of a crazed gunman? Published January 8, 2013
HURT: Congress doesn’t mend its old ways
Congress and the White House have so utterly disgraced themselves and this country over the past few years it seemed impossible for them to do any worse. Yet here we are, facing a massive tax-hike time bomb that was set by them 10 years ago and these people manage to reach new levels of stupidity, recklessness, dishonesty and unfairness. Published January 1, 2013
HURT: Gun grabbers won’t heed NRA’s sensible advice
What an irony it was to watch the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre finally emerge after a self-imposed and highly publicized week of silence after the incomprehensible killings of 20 elementary school children. Published December 25, 2012
HURT: After Conn. tragedy, Washington thinks of … political gain
Only in this capital of self-absorbed arrogance do people learn of an incomprehensible slaughter of angelic children huddled in terror and immediately think — well, of themselves. And how they can, in their boundless power and wisdom, fix it so it never happens again. Only in this town do people witness such madness and carnage and think of — what else? — low, dirty politics. Published December 18, 2012
HURT: Washington leaves no room for people of principle
Without doubt, the most dangerous place to stand in all of Washington is on your principle. Published December 11, 2012
HURT: Washington’s financial miscreants sucker us
Only in a town like this would criminally reckless and penniless grifters still be at the bargaining table as their debtors and creditors pick through the rubble of the financial ruin they themselves created. Published December 4, 2012
HURT: Closing loopholes is solution unlikely to happen
So President Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have returned to Washington emboldened by their "clear mandate" from voters. Published November 27, 2012
HURT: Whole gaggle ‘wasn’t looking’ during presidential election
During this time of Thanksgiving, it is altogether fitting and appropriate that we stop to give thanks for one of our most important and cherished freedoms in America: our freedom of the press. Without the vigorous and unflinching watchdogs of truth and justice, where would we be today? Published November 20, 2012
HURT: In sum, Democrats see voters as isolated parts
All the nerdy political gurus with their chalkboard tablets on cable news have spoken, and it is official: Identity politics won President Obama's re-election last week. Published November 13, 2012
HURT: Obama victory means four more years with no hope of change
All that for nothing. It was the billion-dollar election that did not decide one single damned thing. Republicans control the House. Democrats control the Senate. And the White House remains in Democratic hands with absolutely no mandate whatsoever. Published November 7, 2012
HURT: Voting in Washington, D.C., is an experience like nowhere else
Living here in the capital of the world's most powerful and sophisticated democratic republic isn't so easy, especially on Election Day. As the beacon of freedom and self-governance, we voters in the District of Columbia take seriously our duty once again to humbly demonstrate to the world how democracy works. Published November 6, 2012
HURT: Obama loses coolness as hoops skills are challenged
Four years in and we find out the guy can't even play basketball. Published October 30, 2012
HURT: Exceptionalism Obama versus Bowing Obama
Good news, America! Just three years and 351 days into his presidency, President Obama has finally accepted the concept of American exceptionalism in the world. Published October 22, 2012
