Charles Hurt

Charles Hurt is the Opinion Editor and a columnist for The Washington Times. Often seen as a Fox News contributor on the cable network’s signature evening news roundtable, Mr. Hurt in his 20-year career has worked his way up from a beat reporter for the Detroit News and Washington correspondent for the Charlotte Observer before joining The Washington Times in 2003. He later served as D.C. bureau chief and White House correspondent for the New York Post and editor at the Drudge Report.

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Articles by Charles Hurt

Miguel Estrada as Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick could right historic wrong

President Trump has signaled his clear intention to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Published September 21, 2020

Embalmed Woodward and desperate Dems reliving Deep Throat fantasies

This just in! D.C. journalist Bob Woodward has proof that President Trump killed 200,000 Americans! Published September 14, 2020

Daniel Prude case: We want to look away, but the police can't

The dark, grainy footage of Daniel Prude writhing and twisting on the icy pavement entirely naked is certainly painful to watch. It is human instinct to look away. Published September 10, 2020

Joe Biden: The audacity of dope

In the throes of a heated national election, cities burn and innocent citizens are beat up and murdered in the street. Who is to blame? Published September 3, 2020

Joe Biden's America being burned down ... by Joe Biden's supporters

They suck at life. They are too lazy to work. They are too pathetic to do something constructive with their lives. They get their feelings hurt. They are angry. They are stupid potheads. Published August 31, 2020

With their convention blessedly over, Democrats' hate finds new focus this week

It's the hate that never sleeps. The only good news out of last week's Democratic convention was that it was finally over. Published August 27, 2020

Oh no, Joe! He is O without the shiny rhetoric ...

For all his soaring rhetoric, former President Barack Obama really is nothing more than a typical, cheap Washington politician brimming with false promises. And Joe Biden is even worse. He is Barack Obama minus the pretty talk. Published August 24, 2020

Obamas remind American voters why they elected Donald Trump

Twelve years after making history by getting elected America's first actual Black president on soaring promises of "hope" and "change," Barack Obama is back to let you know he is very, very disappointed in you. Published August 20, 2020

Kamala Harris has the right skin color for Joe Biden ... and nothing else

Joe Biden selected a running mate based on the color of her skin. He rejected other candidates based on the color of their skin. He did this openly and without apology. Published August 17, 2020

Virginia dreaming: King Northam prioritizes schoolchildren ...

Decidedly not funny is the discovery that school teachers are not essential. Heck, it turns out school is not even deemed essential anymore. It was one of the very first casualties of the coronavirus pandemic. Published August 13, 2020

Leading the donkey by the tail

Defunding city police departments. Exploding murder rates. Free health care for illegal aliens. Crushing debt. Obliterating American history. Published August 6, 2020

Jerrold Nadler's air bag didn't deploy, but Jerrold Nadler the windbag did

On his way to a hearing last week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler was in a car accident. Watching Mr. Nadler during that hearing, you might think he had hit his head in the accident. Published August 3, 2020

America's Faucian bargain

Anthony Fauci's embarrassing face-plant on Opening Day at Nationals Park gave a bad name to bespectacled nerds everywhere. Maybe it was his facemask cutting off the oxygen required for elite athleticism. Published July 27, 2020

Just like rats in a plague, Dems feed on America's misery

Nearly 150,000 Americans have already died in this once-in-a-century plague from China. The nation is truly at war against an invisible enemy. In other words, this is the perfect time for Washington Democrats to pillage for their own personal political profit. Published July 23, 2020

Remember John Lewis

Remember John Lewis. Remember Selma. Last week America lost one of the great lions of the civil rights movement. Few people alive today did more to bend the arc of history toward justice than Rep. John Lewis. Published July 20, 2020

Baseball is the answer

When in doubt, baseball is the answer. In these harrowing times, the silver lining has been the local-TV baseball station that plays "classic" games from years past every night. Published July 16, 2020

The Unbearable Whiteness of Being ... Joe Biden

After six weeks of shamelessly exploiting the tragic death of George Floyd for his own political fortune Mr. Biden has finally identified the source -- the very headwaters -- of White Privilege in America. He found it in the mirror. Published July 9, 2020