Reckoning coming for Adam Schiff for impeachment inquiry
As an exercise in charity and patience, let's give Rep. Adam B. Schiff the benefit of doubt — a courtesy the California Democrat certainly does not deserve. Published November 13, 2019
Charles Hurt
Articles by Charles Hurt
Bloomberg's joke of a bid says more about present crop of Democrats
The only intelligent thing about Mr. Bloomberg running for the Democratic nomination for the presidency is what it says about the present crop of Democrats running for the nomination. They're a hopeless bunch of losers who would rather destroy America than lose another election to President Trump. Published November 11, 2019
Political realignment bad news for national Democrats' Great Liberal Utopia
Yes, Virginia, there is a political realignment going on. But it is not the one you think it is. Or the one the stupid media keeps telling you it is. Published November 7, 2019
Pelosi Bonaparte sees her Waterloo
For months, we have listened to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insist that this whole "formal impeachment inquiry" in search of a "high crime" did not require a vote by the full House of Representatives. Until, apparently, it does. Published October 31, 2019
Clinton's not one to waste the political opportunity of a funeral
In an utterly classless "eulogy" for Rep. Elijah Cummings, Hillary Clinton made a barely veiled reference to President Trump as the wicked King Ahab from the Bible. Published October 28, 2019
Paging President Trump to the pitcher's mound
The Washington Nationals should invite President Trump to throw out the first pitch at the World Series Game 3 on Friday night to take a historic opportunity to heal our senselessly divided political system in the nation's capital. Published October 21, 2019
William Barr's right about left's designs on religious freedom
All the squealing about Attorney General William Barr's speech last week at the University of Notre Dame proved his point about the rabid intolerance of religious liberty. Published October 17, 2019
Killing Biden -- to salvage Obama
The biggest cover-ups are usually the ones right in front of us -- as they say, "hiding in plain sight." Published October 15, 2019
The people are still sovereign: Only Trump gets that
Message to the Swamp: American voters still are supposed to be in charge. Published October 10, 2019
The No Civil War Left Behind Act
Why is it always foreigners who manage to unite all the politicians from both parties in Washington? Published October 7, 2019
Impeachment in search of a high crime
This is always the problem with "government first" kleptocrats. They are constantly coming up with "solutions" -- sometimes "final" ones -- and then they go off in search of a problem. Published October 3, 2019
Happy retirement, Speaker Pelosi
Impeachment or bust! House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has valiantly fought the war on crazy long enough. She tried her best to be the sane, adult centrist in her party -- no easy task for a lifelong politician from San Francisco. Published September 30, 2019
Adam Schiff should be forced to take oath before every hearing
For three years now, Democrats have threatened to impeach President Trump for not taking seriously enough the efforts by foreign governments to meddle in our 2016 elections. Published September 27, 2019
Media have only themselves to blame for disbelief in Ukraine scandal
Voter distrust -- hatred, really -- of the media has reached record highs. And it is all your fault. Published September 23, 2019
He'll have more flexibility after 2020 -- and he's going to need it
You could give 500 Donald Trumps 10,000 years to shock and insult and hack away at the swamp beast, and surely it would never die. Published September 19, 2019
Brett Kavanaugh, American sex symbol, makes the Gray Lady swoon
For legions of women out there in America today, they simply cannot get through the day without fantasizing about bold and forceful sexual relations involving Justice Kavanaugh. That's right, confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was confirmed to the Supreme Court last year. Published September 16, 2019
Why Trump is still winning
President Trump never tries to be something he is not. He is always focused on selling himself as the consistent same product wherever he is. Published September 10, 2019
Leave the fake forecasts to the professional fake forecasters
President Trump defeated establishment Republicans and destroyed the Democrats. He has slain swamp kings along the banks of the Potomac. He stood up to Chinese President Xi Jinping, stiffed the mullahs of Iran and walked away from North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. And he utterly humiliated the Great Political Pundits of 2016. Published September 5, 2019
Blame the shooter, not law-abiding gun owners
It really takes uncommon depravity for someone to use a tragedy such as a shooting to score political points. It is a level of disregard for human life that the vast majority of decent people in America cannot comprehend. Published August 18, 2019
If Joe Biden is the best Democrats can offer, party is in trouble
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden is hopping around Iowa these days on one foot -- the other being permanently lodged in his mouth. Published August 11, 2019
