Joseph Curl

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

Left, right and nowhere to go: Both Republicans and Democrats abandoning the center

America's political center is tired, angry and increasingly ignored -- and both parties are about to make that problem much, much worse.

July 15, 2026

Ka-ching! President Trump open for business — and making a fortune

Standing in front of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office on Monday, President Trump invoked George Washington to justify his family's extraordinary financial windfall since returning to power.

July 8, 2026

When treason became a nation: The story of July 4, 1776

Nearly 250 years ago, 56 men gathered in the Pennsylvania State House. The date: July 4, 1776.

July 1, 2026

How one algae-choked pool became the perfect reflection of Trump’s presidency

There's a certain poetry in the fact that President Trump's grandest Washington beautification project has become a stagnant, pea-green swamp that smells like a gym bag left in a hot car.

June 24, 2026

The Bidens’ delusional revenge tour: A master class in misreading the room

If there is one thing the Biden family is exceptionally good at these days, it is misreading the room.

June 17, 2026

When war is peace and boos are cheers: Trump’s reality problem

After 40 years of covering American politics, I've seen presidents spin, deflect and dodge with remarkable skill.

June 10, 2026

Lincoln Memorial’s new basement a better metaphor for America than the monument itself

To call Washington a "swamp" is usually a tired political cliche, but when we talk about the National Mall, it is also the literal, muddy truth.

June 3, 2026

DNC’s 2024 autopsy is here, and the patient died of incompetence

If you want to understand how the Democratic Party managed to set $2.3 billion on fire during the 2024 election, look no further than its newly released campaign "autopsy."

May 27, 2026

FDR could not pack the Supreme Court, but two-time presidential loser Harris thinks she can

Back in 1937, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was riding higher than almost any other politician in American history.

May 20, 2026

Democrats do not want you to see their 2024 postmortem report

The Democratic National Committee has a secret. It is a $4 billion secret, wrapped in a mystery, inside an electoral catastrophe, currently locked in a basement filing cabinet guarded by Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin.

May 13, 2026

The Tucker pivot: Why the MAGA cheerleader turned on Trump

From his primetime days at Fox News to the campaign trail, Tucker Carlson was one of President Trump's biggest fans and most high-profile cheerleaders, loudly championing the MAGA agenda.

May 6, 2026

Virginia Democrats’ redistricting power grab meets a highly skeptical Supreme Court

This week, while the nation's political observers fixated on the Supreme Court formally clearing Texas' redrawn congressional map, a more audacious maneuver was being dissected in Richmond.

April 29, 2026

Shocker: Taxpayers foot the bill for Trump’s failed tariffs

Welcome to the great American aftermath of President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs.

April 22, 2026

Four days without my phone: What I learned

Let's get one thing straight right out of the gate: I am a modern human being, which means my smartphone is less an accessory and more an external, glowing lobe of my brain.

April 15, 2026