Charles Hurt
Columns by Charles Hurt
America for sale: Biden goes full Hitler
Indeed, as the old saying goes, the child is the father of the man, which explains why President Biden learned his modesty from his son Hunter. Published January 8, 2024
Gov. Napoleon DeSantis in Waterloo (Iowa)
It's a new year, so as sure as January, the political press will return to Iowa this month to invent new ways to claim that former President Donald Trump is actually losing the election. Published January 4, 2024
Retribution and reconciliation: Trump vows to confront Biden’s American ISIS
Nothing says "reconciliation" like tearing down a monument to reconciliation called "the Reconciliation Monument" in the graveyard that is itself America's greatest monument to reconciliation after the Civil War. Published December 28, 2023
Colorado Supreme Court ensures 2024 election win for Trump
It's never too early to start the steal ahead of the next election, apparently. Published December 20, 2023
Senate sexcapades: Your tax dollars at work in Democratic star chamber
Not since Ted Kennedy made himself a waitress sandwich -- with a fellow senator serving as the other slice of bread -- has the Senate been so publicly featured as the setting for a pornographic escapade. Published December 18, 2023
Politics of wrath: Zombie apocalypse vs. MAGA, part II
Hell hath no fury like a Democrat scorned. Long bankrupt of a hopeful vision for America or any productive ideas, Democratic politicians in Washington are left selling nothing but fear and vindictiveness. Published December 14, 2023
Jihad in America: Democratic Party sparks religious war scrounging for dollars, power
Generally speaking, America's elite universities frown upon religion. Unless, of course, it's a religious war against the right people. Published December 11, 2023
An ode to Archie Bunker, armchair philosopher and key to true progress
The problem with today's so-called progressives is that they do not believe in true progress. They believe in immediate and iron-fisted obedience -- instant conformity to whatever happens to be their latest moral fever dream. Published December 7, 2023
Twelve Days of Biden Christmas: Wishing you a very brandy holiday season
Because it is apparently never too soon to start the Christmas carols, we at the Nuclear Option column have decided to write one of our own. Published November 30, 2023
Thanksgiving: Father’s pride
I grew up in a home where team sports were not encouraged. Published November 23, 2023
Saving the planet, one electric scooter death at a time
As this city burns, Nero zips around on an electric scooter. You think I am joking? No. This is actually true. Published November 20, 2023
Alliance of evil: Democrats’ jihad to eliminate Israel
No, really, they don't hate Jews. It's just that everybody they hate the most happen to be Jews. Published November 16, 2023
‘Party of losers’ spices up latest GOP debate
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley would really like to tear each other apart to claim the donor-approved mantle of being "not Donald Trump." But someone keeps getting in the way. Published November 9, 2023
DeSantis’ painted smile and high-heeled boots not helping presidential campaign
In perhaps the most revealing snapshot of our time, scientists have finally conducted a comprehensive study of clowns. Published November 6, 2023
Outlines of good and evil obvious in Israel’s fight against Hamas
Just when you thought the world's greatest circus could not get any more ridiculous, in walks a bearded lady dressed as a rabbi. Published November 2, 2023
Democratic ‘identity politics’ rears its ugly head
More than 150 years after they were forced to give up their slaves, Democrats today remain fully committed to ginning up race hatred in America. Published October 30, 2023
American Moses: Rep. Mike Johnson vows to lead House out of wilderness
The overwhelming media narrative these past three weeks has been that Republicans cannot govern because, after 18 rounds of voting in less than a year, they could not pick a speaker of the House. Published October 26, 2023
Biden funding two new wars
When Democrats promised a "return to normalcy" during the 2020 campaign, they did not tell us it was another one of their crazy euphemisms -- this one meaning a return to unending war and bloodshed around the world. Published October 23, 2023
Biden’s doddering tour of ‘clarity’ in the Middle East
Watching President Biden mumble, dodder and wheeze his way through the Middle East this week was quite the spectacle. Published October 19, 2023
Stupid Party vs. Evil Party: Republicans have to look abroad for problems to solve
I hate to break it to you, House Republicans, but nobody cares who you pick as the leader of your silly little club. So just pick the next idiot and get on with your job. Published October 12, 2023
