Joseph Curl
Columns by Joseph Curl
CURL: The very angry first lady Michelle Obama
Michelle's back, and she's madder than ever. She was already pretty angry, seemingly unhappy with just about everything. As her husband wrapped up the Democratic nomination in 2008, she let fly her real feelings: "For the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country." A few months into her job as first lady, her French counterpart asked how she liked the gig: "Don't ask!" she reportedly spat. "It's hell. I can't stand it!" Published October 30, 2011
CURL: Obama Doctrine: With us, or we’ll whack you
The Bush Doctrine, articulated by George W. Bush after terrorists killed almost 3,000 people in the Sept. 11 attacks, was simple: "We will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make: Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists," he said on Sept. 20, 2001. Published October 23, 2011
CURL: Obama’s stumbling, bumbling 1-term presidency
One day soon, someone will write a book titled "The Stumbling, Bumbling, One-Term Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama." It will be a best-seller - off the nonfiction shelf, of course. Published October 16, 2011
CURL: Obama to protesters: Do as I say, not as I do
The first American generation to live a life of luxury, with scads of idle time to while away lounging and thinking, often half-stoned, was mine. Published October 9, 2011
CURL: The jobs plan that couldn’t
President Obama's claim that everything in his American Jobs Act "will be paid for" was — and is — a flat-out lie, and he knows it. Published October 2, 2011
CURL: Cain’s ‘9-9-9’ tax plan is fairer share
Leave it to a pizza guy to come up with the $9.99 deal. Wait, sorry, that's the 9-9-9 deal. And former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain has made the proposal the centerpiece of his 2012 campaign for president. Published September 25, 2011
CURL: Econ 101 for dummies
Here is the situation the United States is in right now: Tax revenue 2011: $2,170,000,000,000 (that's trillion) Published September 18, 2011
CURL: For Obama, ‘pass the bill’ is more like pass the buck
Any pretense that President Obama planned to deliver a bipartisan call to action on jobs flew out the window the second he entered the House floor on Thursday evening. Published September 11, 2011
CURL: Obama’s speech will save civilization
How lucky are we, people? We live in a Golden Age — Netflix, iPads, those little plastic wands that let you pick up a tennis ball covered with dog slobber without using your hands. We have NyQuil and DayQuil, reddit.com, Brew-Thrus, and that little beeper thing that lets you find your keys wherever they are. Published September 4, 2011
CURL: Why so glum, Michelle?
Man, how miserable is Michelle Obama? About 2½ years into her ceremonial stint as first lady, Mrs. Obama seems to have had quite enough of the gig. Published August 28, 2011
CURL: Taking vacation from Obama recession
Unemployment is at 9.1 percent. Economic growth is anemic. America's credit rating has been downgraded for the first time in history. The stock market hits new lows almost every day. And where is President Obama? Published August 21, 2011
CURL: Maybe Iowa straw poll not so pointless after all
No, the Ames Straw Poll doesn't mean much. But on the other hand, a Bachmann win there does mean something. Published August 14, 2011
CURL: ‘Re-elect Obama — more debt than all 43 presidents before him’
President Obama's policies are, it can also be said at long last, a dismal failure. He has been in office for 30 months, so his agenda, with the help of a sympathetic Senate, has been, for the most part, enacted. And things have gotten worse. Published August 7, 2011
CURL: The tea party IS the third party
The times they are a-changin'. There's a new power force in Washington, and it's running the show right now, deciding the very fate of the nation. Published July 31, 2011
CURL: Is Obama a pathological liar?
In the weird world that is Washington, men and women say things daily, hourly, even minutely, that they know deep down are simply not true. Inside the Beltway, we all call those utterances "rhetoric." But across the rest of the country, plain ol' folk call 'em lies. Published July 24, 2011
CURL: Who says tax cuts kill jobs? Our history sure doesn’t
A statement President Obama made halfway through his news conference last week was so unfathomable, so utterly incomprehensible, that befuddled White House stenographers simply gave up and tacked a "[sic]" next to it. Published July 17, 2011
CURL: Freedom of the press almost impossible to define
America's birthday. Today. 235 years old. This is a day when all Americans should ... Published July 3, 2011
CURL: Obama says everything — and nothing
What on earth is President Obama talking about? The short answer is everything — and nothing. Published June 26, 2011
CURL: Veep blunder in ‘08 might be right pick for Romney
In the summer of 2008, Republican Sen. John McCain was not doing so good. He had gone from front-runner status against presumed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton to badly trailing an obscure first-term senator from Illinois. Published June 19, 2011
CURL: Weiner was looking for love in all the wrong places
So there's this movie. In it is a guy (a white suit he has on). He's handsome, smart as a whip, debonnaire, a real class act. He's got all the right friends, hundreds, thousands even, and they adore his every move. Published June 12, 2011
