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-usSat, 04 Apr 2026 05:57:30 -0400<![CDATA[Last month in Harris County, Texas, District Judge Nathan Milliron went viral for a courtroom meltdown that should make any fair-minded person cringe. An IT technician was simply trying to fix an audio glitch when Milliron erupted, swearing at the employee, barking “get out of my courtroom,” and demanding to know the name of the beleaguered staffer’s supervisor.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Weaver]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/mark-weaver/2026/04/04/about-that-viral-courtroom-meltdown-in-harris-county-n2673914<![CDATA[For decades, failed leadership and career politicians have allowed our manufacturing base to drift overseas. &nbsp;While Americans lost jobs, China seized on the globalist and America Last politicians in Washington.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tiffany Smiley]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/tiffany-smiley/2026/04/04/america-first-trading-policies-are-key-to-defeating-china-n2673913<![CDATA[Most film buffs know the trivia: the word “Mafia”was never uttered in “The Godfather,” after real-life crime figures pressured filmmakers to avoid the term. Whatever their internal conflicts, mob leaders were united on one point: the Mafia didn’t exist.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Gerard Scimeca]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/gerardscimeca/2026/04/04/the-white-house-can-find-better-ai-partners-than-ultra-woke-anthropic-n2673912<![CDATA[I think Elon Musk is a good man, not perfect, but then, the guy I look at in the mirror every morning isn’t perfect, either, so I’m not going to knock Elon about that. I don’t know any perfect people. Well, that’s not true. Leftists are perfect, of course. If you don’t think they are perfect, just ask them. There are reasons leftists consider themselves perfect. When you are allowed to set up your own standard of “right” and “wrong” (which leftists do), and you judge yourself by your own standard of “right” and “wrong,” then how can you do anything wrong? If you violate your own standard, you just change the standard and add the “wrong” thing you did to the “right” side of the column. Voila! Perfection! They do it all the time, individually and collectively.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Lewis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/04/04/elon-we-are-making-some-progress-n2673911<![CDATA[Holy Saturday feels like nothing.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Robert Orlando]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/robertorlando/2026/04/04/the-day-nothing-happened-and-everything-changed-n2673910<![CDATA[Easter, not Christmas, is the most important day for believing Christians. It’s not the Easter eggs or the added vacation days; it’s the day that Jesus launched a kingdom, the Kingdom of God. At the time of his ministry, his disciples had seen him captured and crucified by Roman decree. He was buried, but on that first Easter morning, Jesus was raised from the dead. The New Testament Bible records that Jesus was seen by the disciples and as many as 500 others. His resurrection changed lives then and continues to change lives now.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Terry Paulson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2026/04/04/its-time-for-a-king-of-kings-march-n2673896<![CDATA[Democrats and Trump-critical Republicans are equally eager to expose the president as a fake populist whose only true allegiance is to the wealthy and powerful. But they couldn’t be more wrong.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ashley Clapper Bennett]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/ashley-clapper-bennett/2026/04/04/with-omeed-assefi-in-charge-america-first-antitrust-is-alive-and-well-n2673890<![CDATA[Americans are smart about spending money. They know what they want to invest in and, more importantly, what they don’t want to invest in. They generally don’t want to invest in politics.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jared Whitley]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jaredwhitley/2026/04/04/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-union-leaders-still-making-political-donations-against-members-wishes-n2673880<![CDATA[[Editor's note: this piece was co-authored by&nbsp;David Biddulph]]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Barry Poulson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/barry-poulson/2026/04/04/petition-for-government-spending-caps-so-our-grandchildren-can-prosper-n2673821<![CDATA[There’s no shortage of deceit and calumny on the part of people who demand that our children acquiesce to the tenets of transgender ideology. In their defense of the indefensible, these ideologues have become masters of twisting the truth.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Hogenson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/scotthogenson/2026/04/04/the-image-of-keith-ellison-n2673817<![CDATA[The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Forbes want you to think AI data centers are draining America’s water supply. Liberal senators like Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ed Markey (D-Mass) have piled on, writing a letter to administration officials criticizing data centers in part for their “increasing burdens on water supplies.”]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Yusuf Mahmood]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/yusuf-mahmood/2026/04/04/ai-water-use-thats-a-hoax-n2673759<![CDATA[Bulgaria’s parliamentary election on April 19, 2026, is shaping up as more than another episode in the country’s prolonged political crisis. After seven elections in five years, voter fatigue, institutional instability, and distrust in the political class have created conditions in which parties sympathetic to Moscow are gaining momentum. If the current trend holds, the result could affect not only Bulgaria’s domestic direction but also EU unity, NATO’s posture in the Black Sea, and military support for Ukraine.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Wes Martin]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/wesmartin/2026/04/04/pro-russian-parties-lead-in-bulgaria-raising-stakes-for-ukraine-and-the-eu-n2673690<![CDATA[What if Good Friday is not a tragedy, but the moment a covenant is sealed?]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Robert Orlando]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/robertorlando/2026/04/03/the-passion-is-not-about-death-its-about-a-wedding-n2673900<![CDATA[After six canceled and delayed flights, I was finally able to get home to Israel last week, having been stranded in the U.S. for three weeks due to the war. I used my time productively, conducting 20 interviews and briefings in the last two weeks alone. Most of my interviewers were interested in my perspective as a dual American-Israeli citizen on the war against the Islamic Republic, the challenges in Israel, and my not being there with my family.]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jonathan Feldstein]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jonathanfeldstein/2026/04/03/why-not-boots-on-the-ground-in-iran-n2673899<![CDATA[Don't look now, but FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and Jim Acosta agree on something: President Donald Trump is "winning" his effort to reshape the media landscape in his second term.]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim Graham]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2026/04/03/jim-acosta-whines-trump-is-winning-his-war-on-the-press-n2673891<![CDATA[In recent weeks, a new political narrative has taken hold in Washington. Led by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the call for an "AI Data Center Moratorium" and aggressive federal “democratic oversight" is being framed as a strike against the billionaire class. But as someone who has spent 30 years as a technology executive and a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow, I see a much more dangerous reality: their “pause” is a path to stagnation, and their regulations are a regulatory barrier for the very incumbents they claim to despise. But most concerning, it is a win for China.]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[John Trobough]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/john-trobough/2026/04/03/why-the-bernie-aoc-ai-strategy-is-a-gift-to-big-tech-n2673889<![CDATA[One month into Operation Epic Fury against the Islamic Republic of Iran, a long-overdue conversation has finally broken into the open: What, exactly, is the enduring rationale for NATO? For decades, this question has been treated in Washington foreign policy circles as heretical. But it isn't. And to their credit, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are now saying so plainly.]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Josh Hammer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2026/04/03/what-exactly-is-the-purpose-of-nato-in-the-year-2026-n2673885<![CDATA["White House deploys Marco Rubio to clarify messaging about Iran conflict." So reads the headline on the front page of the Washington Examiner's website in the early hours of April 1, the third month of U.S. military operations against Iran, which have been taking place since Feb. 28.]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Michael Barone]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2026/04/03/the-sudden-political-star-of-trump-ii-marco-rubio-n2673884<![CDATA[There are moments in history when the noise of the world grows so loud that it drowns out the quiet truths we most need to hear. War dominates headlines. Moral confusion clouds judgment. Division becomes the language of public life. And in such moments, Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday arrive not as distant religious observances but as urgent invitations to pause, to reflect and to rediscover what it means to be whole.]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Armstrong Williams]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2026/04/03/good-friday-resurrection-sunday-and-the-search-for-peace-in-a-troubled-world-n2673883<![CDATA[It’s begun. The downfall of the Islamic Republic, the evil regime that hijacked the country of my birth 47 years ago and, and as a result of which unimaginable suffering has been inflicted. For people like me, born in Iran and who experienced so much suffering firsthand, the end of the regime cannot come soon enough.]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Marziyeh Amirizadeh]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marziyeh-amirizadeh/2026/04/03/prayer-to-remove-the-veil-of-evil-darkness-over-iran-n2673881