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, 24 Oct 2026 10:48:35 -0400<![CDATA[On the last weekend of September, protesters crashed a 600-person data center party in Washington, D.C. Multiple outspoken protesters stormed the stage to criticize alleged exorbitant water usage and pollution. Chants included, “You’re killing the world!”]]>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sydney Rodman]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/sydney-rodman/2026/10/24/artificial-intelligence-is-already-saving-the-environment-heres-how-n2685228<![CDATA[Evil will always — always&nbsp;— take advantage of any weakness or hesitancy it perceives in goodness.&nbsp;Evil can do things that good can’t because evil has no conscience, no standards, no stopping point.&nbsp;There are just some things that good people cannot do, and that’s a limitation when dealing with those who have no morals, and who thus will commit any vile barbarity. Apparently, Charles Spurgeon was the first to say, "A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on” (1859), though Jonathan Swift wrote similarly in 1710, "Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it."&nbsp;John Stuart Mill said, “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends than that good men should look on and do nothing” (1867).&nbsp;Unfortunately, this appears too often to be the truth.]]>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Lewis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/10/24/the-mess-france-has-made-of-itself-again-n2685226<![CDATA[Though 95 percent of currently unionized workers have never voted for the union that represents them, union bosses have generally felt the need to pay lip service to the idea that, at least at one point in the past, a majority of workers expressed a preference for union affiliation. No longer.]]>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Mix]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/markmix/2026/10/24/union-bosses-drop-the-facade-of-workers-support-n2685180<![CDATA[Across America, parents are demanding greater transparency and a stronger say in their children's education. Colorado is moving in the opposite direction. What began as debates over textbooks and classroom materials now extends to whether parents are notified when their children ask to use a different name at school to reflect a gender identity different from their sex at birth. Parents should not be the last to know about decisions affecting their own children.]]>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victor Marx]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/victor-marx/2026/10/24/the-fight-over-parental-rights-has-come-to-colorado-n2685179<![CDATA[Federal prosecutors unsealed an eight-count indictment Thursday against Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, a Democrat, alleging she led a marijuana distribution and money laundering operation. Lucas answered on X: &amp;quot;I grew up under Jim Crow. I've seen what happens when people in power try to silence those who stand up to them.&amp;quot; Her statement invoked history. The indictment alleges conduct, including that she used her post as chair of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee to shield the operation.]]>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/10/24/democrats-house-of-cards-is-missing-one-card-n2685174<![CDATA[The end of the baseball season draws near as the last two teams – the Rays and the Brewers – compete for the World Series crown.]]>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Davidson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2026/10/24/how-the-baseball-world-series-justifies-the-electoral-college-n2685171<![CDATA[State and Federal action on Everglades Restoration is an effort Floridians should truly be proud of. When one of the largest pieces of the puzzle, the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir, is finished, it will be the largest above-ground reservoir in the world. At 23 feet deep and 10,500 acres, plus an additional 6,500 acres for stormwater treatment, this reservoir system will be larger than Manhattan and deliver up to 470 billion gallons of clean water each year to the Everglades and Florida Bay.]]>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chadwick Hagan]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/chadwick-hagan/2026/10/24/convicted-everglades-activist-using-science-that-undermines-food-safety-national-security-n2685110<![CDATA[If CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss lived up to the Cruella de News caricature of hostile media reporters, Lesley Stahl would have been kicked out of "60 Minutes" right after pompous Scott Pelley. That might look like moving CBS to the sensible center.]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim Graham]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2026/10/23/lesley-stahl-engages-in-anti-journalism-on-california-voting-n2685182<![CDATA[Democrats, suffering from denial and delusion, tend to think of themselves as the guardians of the rule of law.]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Josh Hammer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2026/10/23/novembers-stark-choice-two-visions-for-justice-and-the-rule-of-law-n2685172<![CDATA[Today’s housing market is painful for just about everyone involved, from builders to buyers to sellers. Government failures over the last seven years froze the industry and made homeownership less affordable, but the problem could be solved if Congress would act.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[EJ Antoni, Ph.D.]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/ej-antoni/2026/10/23/how-to-thaw-the-frozen-housing-market-n2685167<![CDATA[Veterans Day isn’t for another few weeks, but it’s worth taking a closer look at veterans in the run-up to the November 3 elections. There are just under 17 million living veterans in America, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, comprising about six percent of the electorate. In a close election, they can determine the outcome of any given contest.]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Hogenson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/scotthogenson/2026/10/23/veterans-facing-the-battle-of-the-ballot-box-n2685164<![CDATA[French economist Gabriel Zucman has come to California bearing a familiar French solution to a fiscal problem: another tax.]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Veronique de Rugy]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/veroniquederugy/2026/10/23/france-should-export-a-warning-not-its-tax-ideas-n2685161<![CDATA[I’ve been teaching entrepreneurship for more than 25 years. My degrees in English and law and my lifelong love of politics have provided a different perspective and a distinct pedagogy. I want students to understand the contributions entrepreneurship has made to American prosperity and the political structures that have made entrepreneurship possible.]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Laura Hollis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2026/10/23/the-best-defense-against-socialism-is-teaching-entrepreneurship-well-were-not-doing-it-n2685159<![CDATA[What is troubling about the unrest spreading across Europe is not that people are taking to the streets. Protest is a legitimate part of democratic life. People have the right to object when fuel becomes unaffordable, schools deteriorate, public services fail, and housing slips beyond reach. Governments should hear those grievances and answer them.]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Armstrong Williams]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2026/10/23/when-anger-turns-against-the-city-n2685156<![CDATA[Virtually everything that is wrong with our left-leaning part of the country can be found in the supposed basketball league.]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/10/23/wnba-a-joke-of-a-league-n2685154<![CDATA[Nike built an iconic brand by selling performance, not politics. So what happened when politics became part of the product?]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Curtis Hill]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/curtishill/2026/10/23/nike-bet-on-politics-investors-paid-the-price-n2685092<![CDATA[There are two ways of looking at the midterms, now less than three weeks away.]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:05:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victor Davis Hanson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2026/10/22/the-deep-midterms-n2685165<![CDATA[Something is in the air. And it's a bit inexplicable. But let me try anyway.]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kevin McCullough]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2026/10/22/if-they-cant-cheat-n2685147<![CDATA[A caller to my show rattled off President Donald Trump's supposed "racist" sins: Trump called African countries "s******e" countries; he refused to rent to blacks; he said he did not want blacks counting his money at his casinos — he wanted Jews to do the counting; and he demeans black politicians like Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43) by calling her 'low IQ.' Who does that?"]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Larry Elder]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2026/10/22/trump-critic-hes-racist-because-he-demeans-black-politicians-n2685104<![CDATA[Journalism is one of those professions for which there is zero barrier to entry – just declare yourself to be a journalist and *poof*, you are one. That doesn’t apply if you’re a conservative, but that’s pretty much all it takes if you’re liberal. Just think of all the “new” left-wing outlets started in the last few years: Semafor, Puck, Punchbowl, and whatever other stupidly named glorified blogs some liberal billionaire funded to be a plaything. They’re everywhere, not to mention how every out-of-work former journalist now has a Substack, which they count as making them real "Journalists" like they're Pinocchio.]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Derek Hunter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/10/22/another-total-bs-anti-trump-story-from-the-washington-post-n2685103