Joseph Curl
Columns by Joseph Curl
CURL: Hillary Clinton will be the 2012 veep candidate
Show of hands: Who here still thinks Vice President Joseph R. Biden will be on the 2012 ticket? Really? All of you? So wrong. Published May 20, 2012
CURL: Team Obama panics, and it’s only May
It's mushroom cloud after mushroom cloud for President Obama. Published May 13, 2012
CURL: Hip-hop legend MCA passes on; Obama says not a word
President Obama is said to have 2,000 songs on his iPod, but he's never mentioned the Beastie Boys. Too bad. He could learn so much from them. Still can. Published May 6, 2012
CURL: Rejoice Republicans — Romney is for real
Why so glum, chum? Haven't you heard? Mitt Romney's arrived, and he's serious this time. Published April 29, 2012
CURL: Was Newt Gingrich’s campaign the worst in history?
The Newt's presidential campaign has got to be one of the worst ever run in American history. So let's roll it all up in a ball, shall we, and take a look. Published April 22, 2012
CURL: Obama at home in D.C.’s fetid swamp
With Barack Obama in the White House, Washington is once again a noxious bog, from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to the Point of Four Quadrants. Published April 15, 2012
CURL: Carney is twisting himself into knots
Sometimes, being the White House press secretary is a pretty unpleasant job — like being the spokesman for a coal company after a cave-in that kills nine and traps a dozen. Published April 8, 2012
CURL: Divide and conquer — Obama knows exactly what he’s saying
President Obama's remarks on the pending Supreme Court decision on his health care mandate weren't aimed at the justices, but at uninformed Americans, especially liberals. Published April 4, 2012
CURL: Romney’s fortunes turn on high court health care ruling
From the day President Obama's trillion-dollar health care package passed in March 2010, political pundits have been pronouncing the Republicans' top hopeful, former Gov. Mitt Romney, dead in the water. All that could change in June when the Supreme Court finally decides whether Obamacare is constitutional. Published April 1, 2012
CURL: GOP’s 2012 primary plan creates a colossal mess
After the exhilarating 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, the Grand Old Party decided it wanted a bit of that next time around. Published March 25, 2012
CURL: ‘Game Change’: A made-up narrative from two axe-grinders
"Game Change" is a ridiculous farce of a movie — even more absurd as a chronicle of a major historical event — that appears to have been written mostly by two players who have major axes to grind with the higher-ups of the McCain campaign. Published March 18, 2012
CURL: Allred proves Sandra is no fluke
Just in case you thought slutgate had reached its apogee of absurdity, the entrance into the story of sluts and hos attorney Gloria Allred should inform you otherwise. Published March 11, 2012
CURL: Super Tuesday? More like Stupor Tuesday
For those of us who have never been held hostage, now we know what it feels like: Day after day, looking at the same faces, endlessly discussing the same topics, being fed the same gruel over and over. Published March 4, 2012
CURL: Can you really afford four more years?
In January 2009, when President Obama was sworn in, a gallon of regular gasoline cost $1.68. Today, it's more than double that, reaching $5 in parts of California and $6 just outside Disney World in Florida. Published February 26, 2012
CURL: GOP field not exactly the Fab Four
Mitt, Rick, Ron and Newt. Seriously? Published February 19, 2012
CURL: Here comes Obama’s magic budget
After creating more debt than all presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton combined, President Obama will unveil a budget Monday that will create millions of jobs, take a $1 trillion bite out of the federal debt and magically solve all of America's problems. Published February 12, 2012
CURL: Obama’s made-up jobless numbers
When it comes to the unemployment rate, it's nice to be president. Published February 5, 2012
CURL: The end of the GOP as we knew it
It's the 21st century. We've got robots, genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. So where are the candidates of the Grand Old Party? They're busy trying to be a movie actor born more than 100 years ago. Published January 29, 2012
CURL: The truly dismal state of the union
There is one person — one American among the 300 million of us — who is not to blame for the state of the union. Everyone else, each of you, in some small or large way, bears some share of the blame, but not this guy. Not one little bit. Published January 22, 2012
CURL: Goodbye, Newt, and good riddance
Anyone who knows Newt Gingrich knows that Newt Gingrich is — and always has been — all about Newt Gingrich. Published January 15, 2012
