Joseph Curl
Columns by Joseph Curl
JOSEPH CURL: Hillary Clinton scandals have Democrats reconsidering presidential campaign
Suddenly, Democrats across America are asking themselves today, "Ugh, do we really want to do THIS for the next two years? Again?" Published March 4, 2015
JOSEPH CURL: To ponder: Why does the MSM so love Jeb Bush?
One thing is clear: The mainstream media loves Jeb Bush. Published March 1, 2015
JOSEPH CURL: What GOP hopefuls need to learn about media ‘gotcha’ questions
In the 2016 campaign, presidential candidates are, apparently, going to be responsible for what other candidates say and, what the heck, anything a former politician of the same party might say — even if he last won office nearly 20 years ago.* Published February 22, 2015
JOSEPH CURL: Liberal liars and the lies they tell
Liberals, for whom the ends always justify the means, have an odd relationship with the truth. Published February 15, 2015
JOSEPH CURL: Forget Brian Williams, it’s Hillary Clinton’s lie that matters
One rainy evening, three people walked into a bar and sat down. One was grim, another solemn, while the sole woman among them was absolutely giddy. The bartender poured a few shots of whiskey and said to the trio, "Why so grim, so solemn, so giddy?" Published February 8, 2015
JOSEPH CURL: The lesson for Hillary Clinton in Mitt Romney’s decision
There's a wonderful scene in "Citizen Kane" in which the intrepid young reporter Jerry Thompson, in search of just what the dying word "Rosebud" meant, tracks down Charles Foster Kane's best friend. Jedediah Leland is an old man now, living in a rundown retirement home in the Bronx. Frail, maybe a bit senile, Jedediah delivers a dramatic insight into Charlie. Published February 1, 2015
JOSEPH CURL: At 2016 Iowa summit, some fresh GOP faces — finally
The 2016 GOP nominee is going to have to be a whole new breed of Republican. After back-to-back shellackings — first against a nearly unknown first-term U.S. senator, then to a highly unpopular president — the party has no choice but to go in a new direction, and that path does not lead back into the wilderness. The New Breed were on hand Saturday at the Iowa Freedom Summit. Published January 25, 2015
Iowa Freedom Summit: 2016 GOP candidates queue up for speeches
At least nine potential candidates for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination are gathered Saturday in Des Moines for the Iowa Freedom Summit. Published January 24, 2015
JOSEPH CURL: Obama — Woohoo! Free stuff for everybody!
There's a new T-shirt out there making the rounds. It says: "I am one of the people who pays for all the free stuff Obama gives you." Published January 20, 2015
JOSEPH CURL: GOP learns from 2012 debate debacle, takes control of 2016
The Republican National Committee has finally grown a brain. Published January 18, 2015
JOSEPH CURL: I am not Charlie
Shortly after a terrorist attack left 12 dead inside a Paris magazine called Charlie Hebdo, a meme went viral. People posted a new phrase on social media, held signs with the slogan, said it again and again and again on TV: "Je Suis Charlie" — I am Charlie. Published January 11, 2015
JOSEPH CURL: John Boehner facing mounting mutiny
The rank and file aren't happy. A minimutiny may be underway in the House of Representatives as another conservative has come out to announce that he will oppose Rep. John Boehner in his re-election bid as House speaker. Published January 4, 2015
JOSEPH CURL: Republicans have deep bench for 2016; Democrats have, at best, two …
On Sunday on ABC's "This Week," Daily Beast contributor Kristen Soltis Anderson made an amazing statement. She said Republicans "understand that they need to start cultivating new and fresh talent." Published December 28, 2014
JOSEPH CURL: At Christmastime, George W. Bush was Santa, Obama is Scrooge
Every year, in the week between Christmas and New Year's, I think about George W. Bush. Published December 25, 2014
JOSEPH CURL: Obama needs to wake up and smell the progress
Minutes after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, announced that it would not bring charges against a city police officer who shot a black teenager to protect his life, President Obama appeared in the White House briefing room to deliver a 65-sentence, 1,255-word statement. Published December 21, 2014
JOSEPH CURL: Republican strategy for picking a presidential winner
Interview, GOP Headquarters, Early 2015. Published December 17, 2014
JOSEPH CURL: Republicans lose mandate won in midterm elections, give Democrats their budget
Republicans, who just five weeks ago crushed Democrats in the midterm elections — with Americans finally declaring "enough is enough" — were humiliated before, during and after the vote. Published December 14, 2014
JOSEPH CURL: CIA ‘torture’ report release is dangerous act of desperate Democrats
Senate Democrats and President Obama have moved up to a whole new level of desperate. On Tuesday, Democrats in the Senate, who will lose control of the chamber in just three weeks, released a report focused on interrogation techniques — during the administration of George W. Bush. Published December 10, 2014
JOSEPH CURL: Racism: Can we talk about it? Yes — finally
Shortly after the Jan. 20, 2009, inauguration of America's first black president — which I attended, receiving high-fives from strangers, many of whom were black, and even a free cup of hot coffee from a giddy black woman as I, a white man, strolled through Northeast Washington, D.C., without fear — a friend and I took our teenage daughters to a rock show in Baltimore. Published December 7, 2014
JOSEPH CURL: Cheap gas prices? Obama’ll fix that
Gas at $2.50 a gallon. $2.25? $2.00? Maybe even $1.59? (FYI, that's what gas was per gallon just before Barack Obama became president.) Published December 3, 2014
