Joseph Curl

America’s new favorite pastime: Hating everybody

There is a peculiar kind of freedom in despising everyone equally.

October 7, 2026

Readers turn a prompt into a debate over Trump’s legacy

Sometimes the most effective way to start a conversation isn't to make a statement -- it's to ask a question.

September 30, 2026

MAGA heads, here’s your chance to sound off!

Lately, I've been taking a spin through the comments on my columns. They aren't nice.

September 23, 2026

Free money for everyone! Trump gets desperate as crushing midterm losses loom

There's a trick magicians love: the reveal that never comes. President Trump has been performing a version of this trick for years now.

September 16, 2026

The plane people of Gander: A Sept. 11 debt America must never forget

Jacqueline Pinto was flying home to New York from a vacation in Italy on Sept. 11, 2001, when her pilot announced a delay.

September 9, 2026

A 21-year-old with a laptop just exposed how dumb we are about polls

Somewhere in America, a recent college graduate named Rahil Prakash is smiling. And honestly? He's earned it.

September 2, 2026

I’m done tipping, and you should be too

The dog days of August are a good time for a nonpolitical rant, so let's do one.

August 26, 2026

Trump is no Reagan

"If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the s--- out of them," President Trump said on Monday morning. To the guy who penned "The Art of the Deal," that rhetoric is what he takes for diplomacy. He tried it with Iran after starting a forever war in the Middle East; it didn't work, and he lost the war (make no mistake, the war is over and Iran won).

August 19, 2026

The Democrats’ socialist moment: Revolution or rebranding?

The Democratic Party is having an identity crisis, and it's playing out in real time -- one insurgent primary victory at a time.

August 12, 2026

Trump’s magnificent mendacity comes back to haunt him

President Trump has long been a masterful liar. That's not a partisan attack -- it's practically a biographical fact.

August 5, 2026

Fauci’s dirty diary reveals the fraud behind the mask

If Dr. Anthony Fauci didn't exist, a satirist would have had to invent him.

July 29, 2026

J.D. Vance, man who would be king of a kingdom that nobody is sure exists

Let's get one thing straight about Vice President J.D. Vance: The man contains multitudes. Specifically, the kind of multitudes that change depending on which audience is watching, which podcast microphone is closest and whether President Trump is in the room.

July 22, 2026