
Monday, March 31–a date which will live in ignominy–Major League Baseball officially legalized whining. It was the bottom of the sixth inning, the Atlanta Braves were down by two in Milwaukee. Brewer Ryan Braun hit an infield bouncer to the
by Charles Hurt3 Apr 2014, 1:38 PM PST0

Poor Jesse Lee. Before last week, he was just an earnest, “progressive” blogger. (That’s their latest handle of choice having totally ruined previous ones such as “liberal,” “Democrat,” “socialist,” and “control freak.”) Jesse was a fairly anonymous fellow blogging from
by Charles Hurt28 Mar 2014, 1:43 PM PST0

If a man’s home is his castle, then his land is his kingdom. Property boundaries, of course, must be respected, and trespassing across them becomes a legitimate matter of government’s concern. So, too, if you build a huge bonfire that
by Charles Hurt20 Mar 2014, 7:47 PM PST0

With a face like this, is it any wonder we are the laughingstock of the world? To be fair, Secretary of State John Kerry started out at a considerable disadvantage. His long, narrow face — with those sad, sunken eyes
by Charles Hurt13 Mar 2014, 11:42 AM PST0

WASHINGTON–I certainly understand why freedom-lovers around the world are upset over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent incursions into Ukraine. And I understand why the good people of Georgia, Estonia and other Democracy-minded countries take exception to this sort of Iron
by Charles Hurt6 Mar 2014, 6:45 PM PST0

Deep in the doldrums of a second term, this White House is turning into a ridiculous parody of itself. Earlier today President Obama kept a threat he made during the State of the Union address by unveiling his “My Brother’s
by Charles Hurt27 Feb 2014, 6:09 PM PST0

The Republican Party has for years been in a quandary about how to address the issue of illegal immigration honestly and firmly without sounding racist. A good place for the party to start would be to knock off the brown-face minstrel show routine they
by Charles Hurt20 Feb 2014, 2:33 PM PST0

America’s president — heir to the world’s greatest document of freedom ever drawn up by man — strode across the hallowed grounds of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. With his hands clasped behind his back as a fuehrer surveying his troops or
by Charles Hurt12 Feb 2014, 5:42 PM PST0

Immigration as a top concern for American voters currently polls somewhere around two or three percent, according to the latest Gallup survey. That is right down there with “lack of respect for each other” and “hunger.” And remember, a good
by Charles Hurt5 Feb 2014, 4:57 PM PST0

Meet Preet Bharara, the U.S. prosecutor who last week indicted anti-Obama filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza on campaign finance charges. Mr. Bharara is the snapping jaws of Attorney General Eric H. Holder’s junkyard attack dog and the velvet fixer of President Obama’s
by Charles Hurt31 Jan 2014, 8:20 PM PST0

It is a safe bet that Tom Coburn will not have a big federal building named for him. He is not likely to get a monument erected around here honoring him. He won’t be sitting for an official portrait —
by Charles Hurt25 Jan 2014, 6:26 PM PST0

They warned against unstoppable encroachment by the federal government and were branded “radicals.” They openly protested and wore funny clothes. They became paranoid and suspected the government was spying on them because of their political beliefs. Fearful of a new
by Charles Hurt11 Jan 2014, 1:33 PM PST0

For the racist media, 2013 was another bad year. It culminated with the hideous display on MSNBC where a gang of nasty jabber-mouth panelists played the “knockout” game on Mitt Romney and his adopted black grandchild. Now there has been
by Charles Hurt1 Jan 2014, 2:45 PM PST0

It is probably safe to say that I am not the world’s greatest ballet critic. One big reason for this is that I have never actually been to a ballet. Sugar Plum fairies do not generally occupy this mind. All
by Charles Hurt25 Dec 2013, 12:41 PM PST0

With the War on Women now apparently behind us, politicians here have turned their attention to the next front: The War on Math. After months of agonizing over the draconian “sequester” cuts to the military and other government programs that
by Charles Hurt18 Dec 2013, 11:55 AM PST0

Investigators in New York and politicians here in America’s capital were shocked to learn last week that 50 Russian diplomats had defrauded the U.S. out of some $1.5 million as part of a Medicaid scam. “Diplomacy should be about extending
by Charles Hurt12 Dec 2013, 12:11 PM PST0

Did you hear the one about the U.S. Post Office and the Statue of Liberty? So the Postal Service decides to issue a stamp commemorating perhaps the single most iconic image around the world representing the United States of America,
by Charles Hurt5 Dec 2013, 12:29 PM PST0

George Mason’s home, Gunston Hall, just down the river from Mount Vernon, is closed on Thanksgiving Day but reopens to visitors the day after. In this season when Americans reflect upon all that we are grateful for, these stately and
by Charles Hurt27 Nov 2013, 3:37 PM PST0

Disgraced. An embarrassment. Utter disregard for the law. Toronto’s crack mayor, Rob Ford? No. President Obama. This is a man who was granted the extraordinary luxury of attending one of the most prestigious universities in the world. He went to
by Charles Hurt21 Nov 2013, 3:09 PM PST0

Despite what the hysterical media will tell you, those distant blasts you heard last week rolling from New York City to Richmond were not cannon fire from the ongoing civil war within the Republican Party. They were the first shots
by Charles Hurt14 Nov 2013, 2:46 AM PST0

Mama Grizzly warned us this would happen. Under Obamacare, the sick and weak and old would stand before death panels of bureaucrats to be granted life or death. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was laughed off the stage for making
by Charles Hurt6 Nov 2013, 2:38 PM PST0

WASHINGTON — That was America standing behind President Obama in the Rose Garden this week as he stammered and droned on and on, trying to explain away the epic disaster that Obamacare has become even before it has begun. “About
by Charles Hurt24 Oct 2013, 5:11 PM PST0

In the seven years since President Obama voted as a U.S. Senator to NOT raise the debt ceiling any further, he and his government cronies have piled up seven trillion dollars in crazy new spending that even our grandchildren will
by Charles Hurt16 Oct 2013, 12:18 PM PST0

WASHINGTON–Just when you thought nobody around here could agree on anything, Democrats and Republicans in Congress come together to unanimously express their unified and unwavering view of the innocent American taxpayer: SCREW YOU! That’s right. You can’t get these people
by Charles Hurt10 Oct 2013, 1:47 AM PST0

Fear not the shutdown, Republicans in Congress! You are the supposedly conservative alternative in politics, and we are currently $16 trillion in the hole. The least you can do is stop spending so much money everyday to keep the vile
by Charles Hurt3 Oct 2013, 5:27 PM PST0