Joseph Curl
Columns by Joseph Curl
CURL: The hypocrisy of Obama’s 15-day Vineyard vacation
On April 1, the U.S. economy dropped a whopping 2.9 percent for the first three months of the year (no fooling). The American workforce participation rate fell to a 40-year low. One-third of people aged 18-29 have moved back in with their parents. Millions of Americans this summer will enjoy yet another "staycation": They just can't afford to go to the beach or the mountains, even for a week — again. Published July 13, 2014
CURL: Obama turning millennials into Republicans
When summer ends, millions of adorable toddlers will head off to school for the first time. Each one will be as unique as his or her little fingerprints, but every kindergartner across the country will have one thing in common: They've never known an America that didn't have a black president. Published July 9, 2014
CURL: In Obama White House, echoes of Nixon
There's a scene in the movie "All the President's Men" — a terrifying scene — that could easily have been written about the Obama White House today. Published July 6, 2014
CURL: Obama is the worst president ever
It's official: Barack Obama is the worst president ever. Worse than Richard Nixon, who resigned from office to avoid impeachment. Worse than Jimmy Carter, who blamed Americans for their "malaise." Worse than President Clinton, who had sex in the Oval Office with an intern half his age and actually was impeached. Published July 2, 2014
CURL: This is an actual quote from President Obama — really
"By every economic measure, we are better off now than we were when I took office. You wouldn't know it, but we are," the president said Friday. Published June 29, 2014
CURL: Obama now in all-out free fall
President Obama is now reaching terminal velocity, like a skydiver plunging toward earth. Except he doesn't have a parachute. There's a mighty splat coming soon. Published June 25, 2014
CURL: 1%: Hillary is 2016’s Mitt Romney in White House race
Hillary Clinton is, without question, a smart lady. She has been a senator and secretary of state, after all. So no dummy, she. Published June 22, 2014
CURL: Is the term ‘Redskins’ really offensive?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who is literally wrong about everything, vowed this week to boycott Washington Redskins games until team owner Daniel Snyder changes the name. That's right, the man who lives in the Ritz-Carlton is going to tough it out and give up his Sundays in a luxurious skybox at FedEx Field. How brave. Published June 18, 2014
CURL: IRS scandal gets Nixonian: The 18½-minute (or 26-month) gap
On Sept. 29, 1973, President Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, made "a terrible mistake." She was reviewing a tape recording from the previous year when she took a break to take a phone call. She meant to hit the pause button, she said, but hit the record button by accident — and poof, an 18½-minute gap. Published June 15, 2014
CURL: A Brat sends a shudder through comfy incumbents
"The Tea Party is finished: smashed, at last, by the power and dollars of the Republican establishment," a New York Times columnist giddily wrote. "The Tea Party," The Washington Post blared in a succinct headline, "is dead." Published June 11, 2014
CURL: This is what difference not knowing about Benghazi makes, Hillary Clinton …
Hillary "What Difference Does It Make?" Clinton made a remarkable statement this week that fell by the wayside of the Bergdahl and VA scandals engulfing her former boss's presidency. Published June 8, 2014
CURL: Is Obama really that stupid?
There's something very odd going on these days at the White House. How else to explain the Bowe Bergdahl debacle? Published June 4, 2014
CURL: Calculating Obama plays politics with American soldier’s trade for terrorists
Just when you thought President Obama could not possibly be more of an emasculated, impotent cuckold, he releases five top-level al Qaeda terrorists from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for a sketchy U.S. soldier who once said he was “ashamed to be American.” Published June 1, 2014
CURL: A desperate president spews bitterness, pessimism
President Obama swept into office on a theme of "Hope and Change" (remember those days?). But 5 1/2 years later, he spits only bitterness and pessimism, blaming Republicans, the media — even ordinary Americans — for his impotence. Published May 28, 2014
CURL: Why Hillary Clinton’s health matters
Is Hillary Clinton's health an issue for 2016? You bet it is, and well it should be. Published May 25, 2014
CURL: Obama, the unaccountable president
Has there ever been a president in the history of America who knew less than President Obama? With each new crisis and scandal, Mr. Obama tells Americans that he just didn't know. Published May 21, 2014
CURL: For Michelle Obama, world is black and white — but skin deep
For "Decider in Chief" George W. Bush, the world was black and white. Good and bad, right and wrong, with us or against us. For Michelle Obama, the world is also black and white. But her black and white is all about skin color. Published May 18, 2014
CURL: Left scrambles to squash Lara Logan’s return
Remember Lara Logan? The foreign war correspondent with the smoldering good looks who had risen to the pinnacle of CBS News, covering wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and uprisings in Egypt and Libya? Published May 14, 2014
CURL: GOP finally wises up about nomination process
You know the drill: Every four years, Republicans vying for the presidential nomination move hard right to defeat their challengers in debates and primaries, then are forced to move to the center to be palatable to the mostly-centrist American voter. Published May 11, 2014
CURL: Hillary Clinton should be worried as Benghazi mess builds at her feet
Hillary Clinton, who was Secretary of State when Christopher Stevens became the first American ambassador killed since 1979, thinks we've talked quite enough about Benghazi. Published May 8, 2014
