We are thrilled to announce that our Guest Speaker for the 2026 Wilcox Historical Society’s Tour of Homes in historic Furman, Alabama, is Mr. Charlie Hurt, opinion editor of The Washington Times and co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend. His presentation will focus on our nation’s Founding Fathers and early American history, followed by a question-and-answer session. After hearing him speak at Mount Vernon two years ago, we knew he would be an exceptional choice, especially as our country celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
The Friday Luncheon and Welcome Reception will be held at Wakefield in Furman on March 27th. Mr. Hurt will participate in a meet-and-greet/photo opportunity during the luncheon, as we have offered in previous years. His formal presentation will take place during the Welcome Reception that evening. Tickets are limited to Friday’s events. Tickets are on sale NOW at Eventbrite.com!
You will not want to miss this year’s tour on March 28th. With ten homes (including one newly relocated to Furman), two churches, and other historic civic buildings, along with guest speaker Charlie Hurt, it promises to be an exceptional event.
Charlie Hurt is opinion editor for The Washington Times and co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend. Hurt has covered politics in Washington for two decades, first as a beat reporter and later as a columnist and opinion writer. He is also a frequent guest on Fox News and Fox Business.
Hurt is recognized as the first journalist in Washington to point out the rise of Donald Trump, identifying the political mood of the country and the potential for Trump to capitalize on it. Throughout Trump’s presidency, Hurt chronicled the media’s blind hatred and inability to cover the president with fairness, scrutiny, or accuracy. Hurt credits his clear-eyed assessment of Trump on a lifetime in newspapers, more than 20 years covering politicians, and growing up in a small, rural town working summers in construction around the very people who would become Trump’s biggest supporters.
Within his varied career, Hurt has covered Congress for The Observer, Washington Examiner, and The Washington Times. He also worked as DC Bureau Chief of The New York Post, where he served as White House correspondent and covered the national political ambitions of New York City’s own Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani and a young political upstart named Barack Obama, whom Hurt accompanied on his world tour through the Middle East, Israel, and Germany. After five years working for the greatest tabloid on earth, Hurt left The New York Post to become editor for the highly influential DRUDGE REPORT.
Today, Hurt edits the Commentary Section of The Washington Times, the lone conservative voice in the nation’s capital going back 35 years. He also writes the Nuclear Option column for The Times, focusing on the current state of national politics, fiascos of media bias, and the various criminal activities of politicians and bureaucrats.
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