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Joseph Curl

Joseph Curl

jcurl@washingtontimes.com

Joseph Curl covered the White House and politics for a decade for The Washington Times. He can be reached at josephcurl@gmail.com.

Columns by Joseph Curl

Brian Karem, executive editor of the Montgomery County Sentinel and White House correspondent for Playboy magazine, was turned away by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for grandstanding. (Associated Press/File)

White House press corps broken beyond repair

It all really began with Sam Donaldson. Back in the days of Ronald Reagan, the brash and cantankerous reporter with the worst toupee in television history made his name by yelling at the president.

June 19, 2018
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who announced last year he would not run for re-election in 2018, takes questions from reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeff Flake bested by Donald Trump, goes off the deep end

Jeff Flake has got it all: He's tall, buff and handsome, with a made-for-TV smile. He lives in a huge house in a gated community (with high walls, of course), has a pretty blonde wife and five fabulous children. Plus, he's a member of one of the most exclusive clubs in the World: The Senate.

May 29, 2018
Whether Hillary Clinton sticks around for the Democratic Party may not be her choice. (Associated Press/File)

Hillary Clinton Democratic Party’s face of 2018

Hillary Clinton told the Democratic Women's Leadership Forum on Friday that she would be a foundational part of the anti-Trump "resistance." No, she didn't ask whether anyone wanted her to be.

May 22, 2018
The mainstream media continue to cover the Hillary Clinton pity party, even though they are the latest on her list to blame for losing the 2016 presidential election. (Associated Press/File)

Hillary Clinton knows why she really lost the election

Imagine, if you would, that a Republican presidential candidate, say Mitt Romney or John McCain, had spent the next 18 months after his loss moaning and groaning and blaming everything from the FBI to Russian bots to xenophobia for the loss -- and the mainstream media covered the pity party.

April 24, 2018
The book, "A Higher Loyalty" by former FBI Director James Comey is displayed at a bookstore in Hackensack, N.J., Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Drama queen James Comey throws an embarrassing tantrum

Former FBI Director James B. Comey is an arrogant, pretentious, narcissistic, petty, egotistical, holier-than-thou crybaby who's indulging in a pity party and cashing in on his 15 minutes of fame by bashing the guy who rightly fired him.

April 17, 2018
This image released by Entertainment Studios shows Jason Clarke as Ted Kennedy in a scene from "Chappaquiddick." (Claire Folger/Entertainment Studios via AP)

‘Chappaquiddick’ perfectly captures Ted Kennedy’s immoral soul

"'I'm not gonna' become president." That's the reaction of Edward M. "Teddy" Kennedy (played perfectly by actor Jason Clarke) in the new movie "Chappaquiddick," shortly after he drunkenly drives a car off a bridge into a shallow pond and leaves a young woman to die in a half-submerged car.

April 10, 2018
"Nobody does self-deprecating humor better than I do. It's not even close," President Trump said at the Gridiron dinner. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump roasts media at Gridiron dinner

President Trump came to the white-tie Gridiron dinner Saturday night armed with a flamethrower. He sprayed the room, setting anything and everything on fire -- including his own family, his top administration aides, even himself.

March 6, 2018
The Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj entertains the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Trump should boycott White House Correspondents’ Association dinner again

Every April, the media throws a party for . . . itself. The whole affair has become pretty disgusting: The big "news" organizations invite as many celebrities as they can, then 2,000 sweaty people pack into the Washington Hilton for a drab night of boring awards and some lukewarm salmon.

February 27, 2018
"America's Harvest Box" would provide nutritious food to people who need assistance feeding themselves and their families. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s food stamp plan enrages liberals

President Trump offered a novel idea: Instead of giving needy people stamps they can redeem for food, why not just give them actual food? As you might guess, liberals were enraged.

February 13, 2018
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, speaks to an aide following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress acting downright childish about government shutdown

This bad: When senators from both parties gathered over the weekend to privately discuss how to end the government shutdown, they were forced to resort to using a "talking stick." Hold the talking stick, only you can talk. Everyone else has to put on their listening hats.

January 23, 2018