Joseph Curl
Columns by Joseph Curl
After burying story, mainstream media suddenly wonders where COVID-19 originated
Imagine if a virus suddenly emerged -- sweeping across the entire world and causing billions to hunker down in their homes for more than a year -- and the U.S. mainstream media went: "meh." Published May 25, 2021
CDC blows it (again) with mangled mask-mandate message
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had some really big news last week: It's time to return to normal. Published May 18, 2021
Donald Trump hopes MAGA rallies make him a 2022 kingmaker
When George W. Bush left the White House in 2009, he vowed to follow in his father's footsteps and disappear. But Donald Trump made no such promise and his "Make America Great Again" rallies will return soon. Published May 11, 2021
Time to put Mad Maxine Waters out to pasture
Rep. Maxine Waters is the embodiment of a career politician. Published April 20, 2021
How did top U.S. scientists get so much wrong about COVID-19?
Don't wear a mask. Wait, wear a mask. Better, wear two masks. Wash your hands a lot. Disinfect everything nonstop. Wait, never mind. Six-foot social distancing is science. Hang on, maybe not. Published April 13, 2021
Here’s why you can never trust the U.S. news media again
More than a century ago, way back in 1906, Mark Twain said, "There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe -- only two -- the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here." Published April 6, 2021
Behind the scenes at Biden’s bizarre press conference
After 64 days without a press conference -- the longest span of any new president in a century -- President Biden last week finally held a presser and it was, uh ... just plain weird. Published March 30, 2021
White House keeps changing excuse for why Biden fell on Air Force One stairs
After President Biden on Friday stumbled repeatedly while mounting the stairs of Air Force One, the jokes almost wrote themselves. Published March 23, 2021
Washington Post officially becomes nothing more than birdcage liner
The Post took a single source and leveled hugely serious charges against the president -- no proof, no corroboration, just a claim that Mr. Trump had uttered the words. Published March 16, 2021
So much for bringing dogs back to the White House
The U.S. media went crazy when Mr. Biden won the presidency, writing breathless stories about dogs returning to the White House after four years of a dogless Trump administration. Published March 9, 2021
Buckle your seatbelt: Is AOC right on the minimum wage?
Maybe Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the former bartender turned top leader of the progressive movement within the Democratic Party, is right about the minimum wage. Published March 2, 2021
Media’s softball coverage of Biden turns absolutely surreal
Don't bother looking for a fact check. Those don't exist any more -- not while Joe Biden is president. Published February 23, 2021
Rocky Psaki: New White House press secretary has bumpy start
Jen Psaki, a veteran political spokesman who served in the Obama White House as a deputy press secretary, is off to a rocky start in her new and improved role. Published February 9, 2021
Unity? Biden can’t even keep his own party together
President Biden said the word "unity" eight times in his inaugural address, but he's already having a tough time unifying his own party and keeping his longtime allies in friendly unions happy. Published February 2, 2021
Biden’s stumbling, bumbling first steps on COVID-19 expose his weak, feeble plan
Right out of the chute, President Biden made a big blunder. Just hours after taking the oath of office, the new president and his family headed over to the Lincoln Memorial for a little nighttime photo-op. Published January 26, 2021
Soon-to-be ex-President Trump wants a 21-gun farewell salute … of course
Donald J. Trump sure is a piece of work, isn't he? Published January 19, 2021
Poof: The day President Trump’s entire legacy disappeared forever
All of President Trump's achievements -- and they were real and significant -- have gone up in a puff of smoke. Published January 12, 2021
Ignore the histrionics; Democrat lawmakers have objected to last three GOP presidents
To hear the mainstream media and bleeding-heart liberals tell it, Republicans who plan to object to Electoral College votes in the 2020 presidential election are all but committing treason. Published January 5, 2021
At Christmastime, George W. Bush was Santa, Obama was Scrooge
This article is a slightly edited version of a column that first ran Dec. 30, 2013. Every year around Christmas, I think about George W. Bush. Published December 22, 2020
Wags on social media and liberals take aim at Trump’s presidential library
With the Electoral College on Monday officially making Joseph R. Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election, President Trump is going to exit the White House in little more than a month. Published December 15, 2020
