Joseph Curl

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

JOSEPH CURL: Be afraid: This is the real Obama

In the weeks after voters cast a vote of no confidence on President Obama and his fellow Democrats, the president has gone on a scorched-earth campaign, unilaterally declaring amnesty for some 5 million illegal aliens, firing the only Republican in his Cabinet and rolling out a new federal rule dubbed "the most expensive regulation ever." Published November 30, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: Hillary Clinton: This cycle’s Mitt Romney

A fantastical remark by Hillary Clinton went virtually unnoticed last week, especially by the mainstream media. By Monday, when President Obama let Ferguson, Missouri, burn to the ground by failing to deploy national guard troops to the city ripped by racial strife, the remark had been long forgotten. Published November 26, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: Bill Cosby, campus culture and the politics of rape

Rape. It is a savage act, an act of dominance and violence and, often, hate. And lately, the word is everywhere. Published November 23, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: Obama sets off on scorched-earth rampage

President Obama, fresh off a shellacking in the 2014 midterm elections — in which he made himself a centerpiece, much to the chagrin of embattled Democrats — is about to embark on a scorched-earth rampage that will change the face of America forever. Published November 19, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: The liberal ideology — Americans too ‘stupid’ to know what’s good for them

There's something truly terrifying about liberals. They deem themselves the keepers of the moral good, with only their goals and aspirations worthy, so they don't care a bit about how they achieve them. Published November 16, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: Post-election surprises: Obamacare flounders, Keystone revived

Shocker: Now that the midterm elections are over, Team Obama is dumping all the bad news it buried in the weeks running up to what turned out to be a bloodbath for Democrats — and planning a devious move to try to save one embattled senator facing a runoff race. Published November 12, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: For Obama, no midterm lesson — and no compromise in sight

For the better part of the last six years, President Obama has blamed and blamed and blamed everyone but himself. Published November 9, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: MSM says GOP tsunami means voters are choosing ‘none of the above’

To America's mainstream media, the midterm elections are a choice between bad and worse. Here's why, by their reasoning: No one — repeat no one — in their right mind could ever vote for Republicans, so clearly the country's voters are so disengaged and dissatisfied that they couldn't care less about who wins. Published November 2, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: Ebola nurse meeting shows Obama’s lack of transparency

President Obama, who vowed his would be the "most transparent administration in history, is going to new heights to be the least transparent administration in history. Published October 29, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: Mainstream media shocked latest polls show GOP pulling away

The mainstream media made a hearty go of it, attempting for the last few weeks to portray the Nov. 4 election as a toss-up. But poll after poll is now showing those reports to be nothing more than a barrel of red herrings: Republicans are solidly in the lead with just more than a week to go. Published October 26, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: Trick or treat: Democrats running scared from Obama

There's "keeping your distance," and then there's crossing to the other side of the street, pulling your hat down over your eyes and pretending you don't see that annoying neighbor you'd rather not chat with at the moment. Published October 22, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: Obama delays entire agenda until after midterm elections

President Obama has a novel strategy for Campaign 2014: He'll tell you what he plans to do — after the election. Published October 19, 2014

JOSEPH CURL: Obama’s spectacular incompetence turns deadly

It was only a matter of time. President Obama, a short-term college professor and failed community organizer who became a mostly absentee state senator and then an all-but-invisible U.S. senator, has Petered out. Per the Peter Principle, he has risen to his level of incompetence — some would argue far beyond it. Published October 15, 2014

CURL: Obama now phoning it in — literally

On Sunday, President Obama suited up for work. He put on his pants (most likely one leg at a time, but perhaps not), then slipped on his black windbreaker, the one with the presidential seal on one side, his name on the other (in case he forgets who he is). He put on some comfy sports socks, laced up his shoes real tight — it would be a long, hard day. Published October 12, 2014