Joseph Curl

Race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District becomes bellwether for national battle

You're no doubt spending most of your day thinking about how not to contract COVID-19, but it's already mid-May and the battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives is well under way.

May 19, 2020

FACT: N.Y. Gov. Cuomo has done an absolutely abysmal job handling COVID-19

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo -- who, for some reason, has begun to call COVID-19 the "European Virus" -- has done an abysmal job handling the virus in New York. But hey, the Democrats say, let's make him president.

May 12, 2020

Is COVID-19 bringing the Bible’s 10 great plagues?

With a deadly virus spanning the entire globe, maybe it's time to take a look at the 10 plagues of Egypt, from the biblical book of Exodus to see how we're doing..

May 5, 2020

COVID-19 turning out to be huge hoax perpetrated by media

When the postmortem is done on the media's coverage of COVID-19 (and it will be), it will be clear that the virus was no Black Plague -- it's not even the flu on a bad year.

April 28, 2020

Trump channels Obama’s 2013 Lie of the Year: ‘Anybody who wants a test can get a test’

Back in the 2012 presidential campaign, Republicans hit Barack Obama for months for his promise, "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." In the 2020 campaign, Democrats will be using their own version of the promise, this one uttered by President Trump: "Anybody who wants a test can get a test."

April 21, 2020

Bernie Bros won’t go quietly

Sanders supporters know they have clout. Shortly after Mr. Sanders suspended his campaign, a collective of eight groups issued a warning to Mr. Biden.

April 14, 2020

Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff plot new Trump probe

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has spent the last three-plus years investigating President Trump, and each time, she's come up empty.

April 7, 2020

Donald Trump might make ‘the woman from Michigan’ Gretchen Whitmer into Joe Biden’s running mate

President Trump has single-handedly thrust a mostly unknown politician into the spotlight -- and she might just wind up being Joseph R. Biden's running mate, bashing him relentlessly until Nov. 3.

March 31, 2020

Americans try to keep sense of humor in face of coronavirus pandemic

Human beings, when faced with those desperate situations, often make a joke to ease the tension. Americans especially. But during these trying times of a worldwide virus spreading exponentially, of endless empty shelves in our local grocery stores, and of a creepy fear that it's all going to get a lot worse before it gets better -- is it still OK to crack a joke?

March 24, 2020

COVID-19 in the U.S.: Doomsday numbers just don’t add up

Last week, when people in America used to leave their homes (remember that?), I was finishing up a big household project and stopped off at Lowe's (every project I do requires at least 17 trips to the hardware store).

March 17, 2020

So much for Bernie Sanders’ secret weapon: Young people aren’t voting

For decades, political pundits and pollsters have talked about "the youth vote." The problem: The "youth" don't show up at the polls.

March 10, 2020

Democrats pick old white people from ‘most diverse field’

It was touted as "the most diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates ever." Now there are three old white guys and an old white women atop the heap.

March 3, 2020

Michael Bloomberg debate, Howard Dean scream worst campaign implosions

Everything was coming up roses for Michael Bloomberg -- until the billionaire made his first appearance last week at a Democratic debate.

February 25, 2020

Are the Democrats headed to a contested convention?

Only two states have weighed in on the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, but already theories about a contested convention are swirling.

February 18, 2020

Joe Biden presidential campaign breaks down (just like his campaign bus)

In a fantastical (some might say ironic) twist, one of Joseph R. Biden's campaign buses broke down in New Hampshire over the weekend and had to pull off to the side of the road.

February 11, 2020

My last column ever — ever! — on Hillary Clinton. Promise.

Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump in humiliating fashion on Nov. 8, 2016. That's 1,183 days ago. And yet, nearly every day since Election Day, Mrs. Clinton is in the news: Appearing on "The View," hanging out with Jimmy Fallon, hawking a book with her daughter.

February 4, 2020

Today’s reporters don’t even know the No. 1 rule of journalism

Shortly before a White House briefing call for the press on President Trump's impeachment trial on Saturday, deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley laid out the rules for participants in the media.

January 28, 2020

Pathological liar Elizabeth Warren thinks presidential candidates should tell truth

The Massachusetts Democrat lied about being an American Indian, lied when she promised to serve her full Senate term if reelected in 2018, lied when she said her children attended public schools, lied when she said her father worked as a janitor, lied when she said she was fired for being "visibly pregnant."

January 21, 2020

Robert De Niro doesn’t know how the Constitution works

Actor Robert De Niro, in case you didn't know, is also a constitutional scholar.

January 14, 2020

Trump threats to destroy Iranian cultural sites way beyond the pale

President Trump's petty bellicosity can be amusing. When faced with even the slightest slight, Mr. Trump puffs out his chest like a cowardly schoolyard bully and blurts out the first thing that comes into his mind.

January 7, 2020