Charles Hurt
Columns by Charles Hurt
HURT: Madoff could admire Hill’s Great Con
In a cramped 8-by-10 federal prison cell in Butner, N.C., Bernie Madoff is laughing. Published August 2, 2011
HURT: Obama offers lectures but no answers
The whole problem with the teleprompter is it can't come up with a plan. It doesn't have any of its own ideas. Truth is, it doesn't come up with anything at all that you don't type into it. Published July 26, 2011
HURT: Debt mess maxes out on all fronts
OK, so you wake up from a long drunken bender and discover that you burned through every bit of your money, raided your retirement savings and maxed out all your credit cards with debts your grandchildren will be paying for the rest of their lives. What do you do? Published July 19, 2011
HURT: Welcome to Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term
It has taken three decades, but Americans are finally living through Jimmy Carter's second term. Published July 12, 2011
HURT: Cash clears up nanny’s safety worries
As we all know from state and local laws that have been on the books for years, fireworks are dangerous and, without proper government supervision, can cause serious damage, injury and even death. Published July 5, 2011
HURT: Pols who beggared us begging for more
Anytime you hear a politician talk about needing "revenue," grab your wallet and run. Anytime you hear a politician talk about "raising" $600 billion in revenue, grab your wallet, any silverware you haven't already melted down to keep up with taxes, and your children's piggy banks. And run like the wind. Published June 28, 2011
HURT: No ifs, ands or butts — FDA warning photos faked
For decades, the federal government has accused tobacco companies of running a campaign of relentless deception in order to sell cigarettes and convince customers that their product will make you sexy, skinny, cool or whatever. Published June 21, 2011
HURT: Watch out for Mama Grizzly Palin’s bite
You don't exactly have to be Grizzly Adams to know that if you go out to shoot an Alaskan bear, there is one rule that rises above all others. Whatever you do, just don't wound the bear. Published June 14, 2011
HURT: Weiner’s just another disgraced, delusional creep on the Hill
When weepy Anthony D. Weiner stood in front of a New York hotel ballroom and exposed himself, he also laid bare the U.S. Congress for the childish, seedy and dishonest behavior for which it has become known. Published June 7, 2011
HURT: Sarah of Alaska fits Joan of Arc role as 2012 possibility
On the very weekend America paused to remember all those whose sacrifices are the blood fruit of our freedom, rolling in like thunder, clad in black leather, was yet another red-white-and-blue bundle of American sacrifice and patriotism. Published May 31, 2011
HURT: In search of a worthy Republican candidate
Understandably, Republicans are growing a wee bit nervous about the next election as they watch the parade of political pygmies they have left to choose from for their nomination. So far, the brightest stars have ducked the big fight. Published May 24, 2011
HURT: Democrats addicted to spending our cash
Even as we learn the grave news that Congress will bankrupt Social Security and Medicare even sooner than previously predicted, Democratic leaders maintain their hot and oily rhetoric. Published May 17, 2011
HURT: Obama really not shy about spiking ball
If that glorious clap of gunfire and splintering open of Osama bin Laden's skull was the most thrilling moment yet of the Obama presidency, then the nadir came just hours later. Published May 10, 2011
HURT: This time, Obama made the brave choice
President Obama this week executed the finest feat of his presidency and he owes that success to the "Birthers" who dogged him so long to prove that he was born in America. Published May 3, 2011
HURT: Racism lives in D.C.’s heart when it comes to redistricting
Welcome to your nation's capital, the last entrenched bastion of pure racism left in America. Published April 26, 2011
HURT: Whatever happened to Obama’s ‘urgency’?
The "fierce urgency of now" must have got up and went. Published April 19, 2011
HURT: Spare us hollow sermons on taxing the very rich
Please, please, please, we beg you, President Obama, spare us your hollow sermonizing about how the rich such as yourself need to pay higher taxes. Published April 12, 2011
HURT: Reporters continue to be snookered by Obama
Even among the nuzzling press here in Washington, the shine of President Obama has worn off. Published April 5, 2011
HURT: Tea party not cause of budget stalemate
To hear Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tell it, this unprecedented budget crisis should all be blamed on the tea party's supposed iron grip on the Republican Party. Published March 29, 2011
HURT: Obama squanders America’s legacy
Welcome to the post-America world. If the last one was the American Century, this century is the one in which an internationalist president abdicates our crown as leader of the free world and shuffles America randomly into the deck of nations. Published March 22, 2011
