https://townhall.com/columnists/feedTownhall is the leading source for conservative news, political cartoons, breaking stories, election analysis and commentary on politics and the media culture. An information hub for conservatives, republicans, libertarians, and liberty-loving Americans.en-usThu, 14 May 2026 16:57:03 -0400<![CDATA[In a Beijing conference room recently, I noted to a counterpart that the United States and the Soviet Union took more than a decade to build toward nuclear coordination after the Cuban Missile Crisis. "That did not end well for the Soviet Union," was the reply.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Beall]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/mark-beall/2026/05/14/trump-has-the-cards-for-an-ai-deal-with-china-n2676113<![CDATA[The Virginia Constitution is not a suggestion – and the ACLJ is making sure the U.S. Supreme Court treats it as exactly what it is: the supreme law of the Commonwealth.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jordan Sekulow]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jordan-sekulow/2026/05/14/three-reasons-why-virginias-redistricting-amendment-should-fail-n2676109<![CDATA[Few predicted that blaming Israel and the Jews who support it would flare up in the early 21st century – and in America of all places, where there are nearly as many Jews as there are in Israel.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victor Davis Hanson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2026/05/14/the-four-horsemen-of-the-new-antisemitism-n2676097<![CDATA[I love spinach (the fresh stuff, not the mess in the can, which I think is disgusting), and a lot of other vegetables as well. But I won’t lie to you. If ice cream were as healthy as green vegetables, I’d eat ice cream at every meal. And apparently, there are an awful lot of people in America who think that, politically, ice cream is just as wholesome as spinach. At least, that’s what they eat all the time.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:50:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Lewis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/05/14/aoc-ice-cream-and-veggies-n2676060<![CDATA[Steak ’n Shake just did what most fast-food chains won’t: it picked a side in America’s food fight.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ashley Evdokimo]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/ashley-evdokimo/2026/05/14/steak-n-shake-is-serving-up-maha-n2676059<![CDATA[April 15 used to feel like a predictable transaction. These days, with the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration confirming that the IRS disbursed nearly $213 million in Earned Income Tax Credits to approximately 67,000 noncitizens holding non-work Social Security numbers across tax years 2023 and 2024, it feels more like funding a casino that pays out to the wrong players. Of the $219 million claimed, $213 million went out the door. Only six million were withheld.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/05/14/irs-handouts-to-noncitizens-your-tax-dollars-funding-the-wrong-team-n2676057<![CDATA[Former Vice President Kamala Harris recently dropped several not-too-subtle hints that she wants to run for president in 2028. Polls, at least for now, show the leading likely Democrat candidate is California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Many Democrat pundits and insiders say Harris' failed run against Donald Trump renders her damaged goods and therefore insufficiently attractive to the donor class.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Larry Elder]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2026/05/14/gavin-newsom-has-a-kamala-harris-problem-n2676056<![CDATA[President Donald Trump's visit to China this week arrives at one of the most dangerous and morally complicated moments in modern geopolitical history. The optics will be carefully choreographed: towering skylines, ceremonial handshakes, military precision, economic pledges and polished displays of state power. Beijing understands spectacle. The Chinese Communist Party has mastered the art of projecting stability, strength and inevitability to the world.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Armstrong Williams]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2026/05/14/china-is-not-merely-a-competitor-it-is-fueling-americas-enemies-n2676055<![CDATA[It's challenging enough to pay attention to political races in our home states, much less those in other states. But recent headlines make clear that it's more important than ever that the klieg lights shine on these offices, and that those who occupy them face national as well as regional scrutiny.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Laura Hollis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2026/05/14/why-the-nevada-state-treasurer-race-matters-n2676054<![CDATA[Democrats gave us plus-size models — overweight women with cute faces who got work because they “look like real women” as obesity became the norm. Now the right is whining about women being too fit for their age, or whatever. Here’s an idea: why doesn’t everyone just grow the hell up and get over themselves?]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Derek Hunter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/05/14/the-freak-out-over-demi-moore-being-in-shape-is-stupid-n2676053<![CDATA[Thanks to the inexplicable soaring personal wealth of elected officials, leftists now must rally against billionaires instead of millionaires. It is a predicament caused by progressives who have made millions since entering public office.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Lori Roman]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/loriroman/2026/05/14/what-regular-folks-want-and-why-the-left-keeps-getting-it-wrong-n2676047<![CDATA[When White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair decided to push mid-decade congressional redistricting, Republicans had reason to be nervous. Redistricting battles are messy, procedurally arcane and easy to lose in the court of public opinion even when you win in a court of law. But Blair saw something others missed: Democrats had already boxed themselves in with maximum partisan redistricting and constitutional restrictions in some states that would prohibit radical gerrymandering.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2026/05/14/james-blairs-victory-n2676041<![CDATA[It's the most wonderful time of the year — and I don't mean Christmas.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Cal Thomas]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2026/05/14/feeding-the-government-pig-n2676039<![CDATA[Losers will generally remain losers.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/05/14/victims-everywhere-n2676034<![CDATA[The fight over AI is not just about technology. It’s about whether America builds fast enough to stay ahead of China—or whether we slow ourselves down while Beijing leans on the gas.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Joe Grogan]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-grogan/2026/05/14/sanders-invites-chinas-ai-czars-to-washingtonand-waves-the-flag-of-ai-surrender-n2675997<![CDATA[Next week, the people of the 4th Congressional District of Kentucky have a chance to punt that useless poser Thomas Massie through the goalposts of failure. Let’s hope they do. This ridiculous clown was merely a tiresome curiosity when the Republicans had a decent margin in the House, but then, he found himself with a little bit of heat because of the current small margin. And he made the best of it, through shameless lies and cringe-worthy self-promotion, going from marginal mediocrity to an active abscess on the buttocks of the party. It’s time to lance that boil.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kurt Schlichter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/05/14/good-riddance-to-the-awful-thomas-massie-n2675978<![CDATA[China is not merely America's geopolitical opponent. It is America's geopolitical enemy — and has been since the establishment of the Chinese communist regime in 1949.]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:27:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Shapiro]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2026/05/13/china-our-enemy-not-our-rival-n2676049<![CDATA[Thomas Massie’s allies have crossed a line that should anger every veteran in this country.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Lucas]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/mark-lucas/2026/05/13/massies-allies-are-weaponizing-a-va-disability-rating-to-save-his-seat-n2676021<![CDATA[If social media were your only window on America, you might conclude the country is in free fall and your future is bleak.]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 01:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[Marissa Streit]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marissa-streit/2026/05/13/the-greatest-time-to-be-alive-in-america-is-right-now-n2675996<![CDATA[A new report out of Israel and the same response.]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/05/13/keep-reality-to-yourself-n2675995