Joseph Curl

Obama celebrates Earth Day by burning 9,180 gallons of fuel on Air Force One

President Obama is celebrating Earth Day by flying in his jumbo jet down to Florida so he can tour the Everglades.

April 22, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: Hillary Clinton — the plastic candidate with the AstroTurf campaign

When Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that she is running for president, she declared that "everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion." But as with everything Clinton, the strategy to humanize Hillary — a multimillionaire who hasn't driven since 1996 and can't remember the last time she got her own morning coffee — has been a a surreal exercise in absurdity.

April 19, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign strategy is to control media

And so, Operation Hillary 2016 has begun. She needs the media to push the same message they did last time: This election is historic, "the first female president," blah blah blah. And so, the MSM will push that meme for the next 18 months.

April 12, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder are liars with no shame

Something happens to men and women when they gain a proximity to power. Most in public service, one can only assume, begin with noble purpose: to serve, to change and improve the world — whether that be a small town or, literally, the world.

April 5, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: Media distortion of Indiana’s religious freedom bill

'Indiana Governor Signs Anti-Gay 'Religious Freedom' Bill At Private Ceremony," blared the headline in the Huffington Post. "Lawmakers To 'Clarify' Anti-Gay Law," screamed National Public Radio. "Indiana's Pence tries to defend new anti-gay measure," barked MSNBC. "Pence: Indiana 'not going to change' anti-LGBT law," bellowed CNN.

March 29, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign message all about Christianity, Reagan

Ted Cruz, a first-term senator from Texas who wants to be president, has a simple plan: Be Christian — and talk about it a lot — and channel Ronald Reagan.

March 23, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: Hillary Clinton should face criminal charges

Let's get down to brass tacks: Hillary Rodham Clinton should be criminally charged for failing to turn over her government emails as mandated by law.

March 15, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: Republican candidates do a corny Iowa Fuel Dance

Every four years, presidential hopefuls trudge into Iowa, Land of a Thousand Ears, to pay homage to the heartland farmers and their cash crop — ethanol.

March 8, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: Hillary Clinton scandals have Democrats reconsidering presidential campaign

Suddenly, Democrats across America are asking themselves today, "Ugh, do we really want to do THIS for the next two years? Again?"

March 4, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: To ponder: Why does the MSM so love Jeb Bush?

One thing is clear: The mainstream media loves Jeb Bush.

March 1, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: What GOP hopefuls need to learn about media ‘gotcha’ questions

In the 2016 campaign, presidential candidates are, apparently, going to be responsible for what other candidates say and, what the heck, anything a former politician of the same party might say — even if he last won office nearly 20 years ago.*

February 22, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: Liberal liars and the lies they tell

Liberals, for whom the ends always justify the means, have an odd relationship with the truth.

February 15, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: Forget Brian Williams, it’s Hillary Clinton’s lie that matters

One rainy evening, three people walked into a bar and sat down. One was grim, another solemn, while the sole woman among them was absolutely giddy. The bartender poured a few shots of whiskey and said to the trio, "Why so grim, so solemn, so giddy?"

February 8, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: The lesson for Hillary Clinton in Mitt Romney’s decision

There's a wonderful scene in "Citizen Kane" in which the intrepid young reporter Jerry Thompson, in search of just what the dying word "Rosebud" meant, tracks down Charles Foster Kane's best friend. Jedediah Leland is an old man now, living in a rundown retirement home in the Bronx. Frail, maybe a bit senile, Jedediah delivers a dramatic insight into Charlie.

February 1, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: At 2016 Iowa summit, some fresh GOP faces — finally

The 2016 GOP nominee is going to have to be a whole new breed of Republican. After back-to-back shellackings — first against a nearly unknown first-term U.S. senator, then to a highly unpopular president — the party has no choice but to go in a new direction, and that path does not lead back into the wilderness. The New Breed were on hand Saturday at the Iowa Freedom Summit.

January 25, 2015

Iowa Freedom Summit: 2016 GOP candidates queue up for speeches

At least nine potential candidates for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination are gathered Saturday in Des Moines for the Iowa Freedom Summit.

January 24, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: Obama — Woohoo! Free stuff for everybody!

There's a new T-shirt out there making the rounds. It says: "I am one of the people who pays for all the free stuff Obama gives you."

January 20, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: GOP learns from 2012 debate debacle, takes control of 2016

The Republican National Committee has finally grown a brain.

January 18, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: I am not Charlie

Shortly after a terrorist attack left 12 dead inside a Paris magazine called Charlie Hebdo, a meme went viral. People posted a new phrase on social media, held signs with the slogan, said it again and again and again on TV: "Je Suis Charlie" — I am Charlie.

January 11, 2015

JOSEPH CURL: John Boehner facing mounting mutiny

The rank and file aren't happy. A minimutiny may be underway in the House of Representatives as another conservative has come out to announce that he will oppose Rep. John Boehner in his re-election bid as House speaker.

January 4, 2015