Charles Hurt

Charles Hurt is the Opinion Editor and a columnist for The Washington Times. Often seen as a Fox News contributor on the cable network’s signature evening news roundtable, Mr. Hurt in his 20-year career has worked his way up from a beat reporter for the Detroit News and Washington correspondent for the Charlotte Observer before joining The Washington Times in 2003. He later served as D.C. bureau chief and White House correspondent for the New York Post and editor at the Drudge Report. He can be reached at churt@washingtontimes.com.

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Twelve Days of Biden Christmas: Wishing you a very brandy holiday season

Because it is apparently never too soon to start the Christmas carols, we at the Nuclear Option column have decided to write one of our own. Published November 30, 2023

Thanksgiving: Father’s pride

I grew up in a home where team sports were not encouraged. Published November 23, 2023

Saving the planet, one electric scooter death at a time

As this city burns, Nero zips around on an electric scooter. You think I am joking? No. This is actually true. Published November 20, 2023

$Anti-war activists wave their flags as they protest outside of T\the White House during a pro-Palestinian demonstration asking for a cease fire in Gaza in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)$

Alliance of evil: Democrats’ jihad to eliminate Israel

No, really, they don't hate Jews. It's just that everybody they hate the most happen to be Jews. Published November 16, 2023

‘Party of losers’ spices up latest GOP debate

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley would really like to tear each other apart to claim the donor-approved mantle of being "not Donald Trump." But someone keeps getting in the way. Published November 9, 2023

DeSantis’ painted smile and high-heeled boots not helping presidential campaign

In perhaps the most revealing snapshot of our time, scientists have finally conducted a comprehensive study of clowns. Published November 6, 2023

Outlines of good and evil obvious in Israel’s fight against Hamas

Just when you thought the world's greatest circus could not get any more ridiculous, in walks a bearded lady dressed as a rabbi. Published November 2, 2023

Democratic ‘identity politics’ rears its ugly head

More than 150 years after they were forced to give up their slaves, Democrats today remain fully committed to ginning up race hatred in America. Published October 30, 2023

American Moses: Rep. Mike Johnson vows to lead House out of wilderness

The overwhelming media narrative these past three weeks has been that Republicans cannot govern because, after 18 rounds of voting in less than a year, they could not pick a speaker of the House. Published October 26, 2023

Biden funding two new wars

When Democrats promised a "return to normalcy" during the 2020 campaign, they did not tell us it was another one of their crazy euphemisms -- this one meaning a return to unending war and bloodshed around the world. Published October 23, 2023

Biden’s doddering tour of ‘clarity’ in the Middle East

Watching President Biden mumble, dodder and wheeze his way through the Middle East this week was quite the spectacle. Published October 19, 2023

Stupid Party vs. Evil Party: Republicans have to look abroad for problems to solve

I hate to break it to you, House Republicans, but nobody cares who you pick as the leader of your silly little club. So just pick the next idiot and get on with your job. Published October 12, 2023

World reaps the seeds of terrorism sown by Biden

Rarely in politics can a straighter line be drawn directly from an administration's policies to the calamitous results of those policies. Published October 9, 2023

Burning down the House

Rep. Matt Gaetz, Florida Republican and psycho killer, led the smallest caucus in Congress this week across the aisle and into the lap of Democrats. Published October 5, 2023

Dana Perino and the Seven Dwarves

Dana Perino, moderator of last week's GOP debate, sparked a firestorm on the internet by asking contestants on the stage to eliminate one competitor from the stage. After all, eliminating opponents is what the electoral process is about in a free country. Published October 2, 2023

Trump wins another debate he didn’t attend

They're all in it for the one-liners. There were more canned lines at that debate than you would hear on a Rodney Dangerfield comedy tour. And most of them were lame. Published September 28, 2023

UAW should have hired Hunter Biden

Too bad striking autoworkers are too stupid to know what's best for them. If they really wanted their "fair share" under the Biden administration, there is one surefire way to get it: Hire Hunter Biden. Just ask the Ukrainians. Published September 25, 2023