Joseph Curl
Columns by Joseph Curl
Donald Trump right to skip White House Correspondents’ Association hatefest
President Trump has killed the White House Correspondents' Association dinner — and he did it from over 500 miles away. Published May 1, 2018
Hillary Clinton knows why she really lost the election
Imagine, if you would, that a Republican presidential candidate, say Mitt Romney or John McCain, had spent the next 18 months after his loss moaning and groaning and blaming everything from the FBI to Russian bots to xenophobia for the loss -- and the mainstream media covered the pity party. Published April 24, 2018
Drama queen James Comey throws an embarrassing tantrum
Former FBI Director James B. Comey is an arrogant, pretentious, narcissistic, petty, egotistical, holier-than-thou crybaby who's indulging in a pity party and cashing in on his 15 minutes of fame by bashing the guy who rightly fired him. Published April 17, 2018
‘Chappaquiddick’ perfectly captures Ted Kennedy’s immoral soul
"'I'm not gonna' become president." That's the reaction of Edward M. "Teddy" Kennedy (played perfectly by actor Jason Clarke) in the new movie "Chappaquiddick," shortly after he drunkenly drives a car off a bridge into a shallow pond and leaves a young woman to die in a half-submerged car. Published April 10, 2018
Jim Carrey political, odd, no longer funny
Oh, what a difference millions of dollars have done to Jim Carrey. Published March 20, 2018
There’s no ‘burying the hatchet’ for Elizabeth ‘Fauxcahontas’ Warren
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who says she's not running for president in 2020 but you knooooow she's running for president in 2020, has big problems. Published March 13, 2018
Donald Trump roasts media at Gridiron dinner
President Trump came to the white-tie Gridiron dinner Saturday night armed with a flamethrower. He sprayed the room, setting anything and everything on fire -- including his own family, his top administration aides, even himself. Published March 6, 2018
Trump should boycott White House Correspondents’ Association dinner again
Every April, the media throws a party for . . . itself. The whole affair has become pretty disgusting: The big "news" organizations invite as many celebrities as they can, then 2,000 sweaty people pack into the Washington Hilton for a drab night of boring awards and some lukewarm salmon. Published February 27, 2018
Donald Trump’s food stamp plan enrages liberals
President Trump offered a novel idea: Instead of giving needy people stamps they can redeem for food, why not just give them actual food? As you might guess, liberals were enraged. Published February 13, 2018
Nancy Pelosi’s unraveling is a sad sight
Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives, is, in a word, a mess. Published January 30, 2018
Congress acting downright childish about government shutdown
This bad: When senators from both parties gathered over the weekend to privately discuss how to end the government shutdown, they were forced to resort to using a "talking stick." Hold the talking stick, only you can talk. Everyone else has to put on their listening hats. Published January 23, 2018
S—-hole? Bill Clinton made us explain far worse to our children
"It's pretty embarrassing when you have to take your children out of the room to report the news," Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, whined Monday. Published January 16, 2018
Politics keeps getting weirder: Media endorses Oprah for 2020
Oprah in 2020? Bring her on, says the Trump White House. Published January 9, 2018
Feminists mum on Iranian protest; Obama aides urge Trump to ‘be quiet’
As the biggest protest since the 2009 Green Revolution rages on in Iran, American feminists have been AWOL. And one-time aides to former President Barack Obama say President Trump shouldn't say a word, either. Published January 2, 2018
Tax cut bill little help to middle class
Congress passed a $1.5 trillion tax-cut bill Tuesday, but you won't be seeing too much of that cash. The bill cuts rates for corporations and gives new tax breaks to private businesses, but you ... yeah, not so much. Published December 19, 2017
Donald Trump is right: Fake news is everywhere
There need be no doubt any more: America's mainstream media hypes fake news — and that's a fact. Published December 12, 2017
Robert Mueller’s credibility plunging as Donald Trump probe implodes
Sometimes, you can tell the big story of the day by what CNN is NOT covering — or by how the heavily biased network covers what they think is the big story. Published December 5, 2017
Nancy Pelosi excuses sexual harassment — for Democrats, anyway
The top Democrat in the House seems to be in a perpetual state of confusion, loses her train of thought in mid-sentence often, and just seems out of it most of the time. And when she is able to string together a coherent thought, it's just weird. Published November 28, 2017
Al Franken should do the right thing and resign
Sen. Al Franken last week was revealed to be a skeevy perv. Published November 21, 2017
Donald Trump triumphs in Asia — media talks handshakes, goldfish
President Trump just completed a 12-day trip to Asia, his first as the most powerful man in the world. By all accounts, the trip was a resounding triumph. Strike that. By all accounts OVER THERE, the trip was a resounding success. Published November 14, 2017
