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, 04 Jun 2026 04:46:45 -0400<![CDATA[The near endless failures of peace-making in the Middle East are due to our not thinking like the locals.]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/06/04/our-enemies-lie-n2677142<![CDATA[There’s a small chance that Herr Pottyprimatepunisher Graham Platner will withdraw from the Maine Senate primary before you read this, but the historical figures he loves so much that he etched one of their designs into his chest fought all the way back to Berlin, so he may just keep on keeping on. It’s been a tough couple of weeks for his campaign in particular and the Democrats in general, from the Totenkopf tat to the outhouse onanism to the least surprising revelation in the history of revelations that he likes to exchange nudes with random women he’s not married to. He may be spiraling in like a shot-down Messerschmitt, but his supporters are hanging in there because the real Nazi isn’t the guy who has the SS death’s head on his pecs. No, it’s Susan Collins because gulp! Yummy Kool-Aid! And do you know who is responsible for all this stuff about his carnal correspondence? Brace yourself. It’s the Jews!]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kurt Schlichter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/06/04/herr-platner-is-taking-democrat-credibility-down-with-him-n2677143<![CDATA[A 12th-century Crusader fortress in southern Lebanon teaches a lesson that Washington keeps refusing to learn: ceasefires are not a strategy, and walking away from the battlefield only guarantees the next generation will have to return to it.]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jonathan Feldstein]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jonathanfeldstein/2026/06/04/beaufort-the-tehran-grand-bazaar-and-boots-on-the-ground-in-lebanon-n2677145<![CDATA[Nicole Parker's "The Two FBIs" isn't just another addition to the long list of books written by former FBI agents. It's an unblinking look at an institution in crisis, and a statement about the devastating effects of wokeism, DEI, and the weaponization of the DOJ and FBI by cynical, subversive, and activist Democrat administrations.]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[John Nantz]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/johnnantz/2026/06/04/nicole-parkers-the-two-fbis-and-the-battle-for-the-bureaus-soul-n2677191<![CDATA[There are a lot of people for whom a day is set aside each year to recognize them. We spend one Sunday celebrating fathers and another to celebrate mothers. Veterans get a day of their own in November, while Memorial Day commemorates the nation’s soldiers who died in war. Yet for reasons that defy convention, many people have decided to spend an entire month celebrating how some people choose to have sex.]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Hogenson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/scotthogenson/2026/06/04/putting-real-pride-into-pride-month-n2677200<![CDATA["Trump is a convicted felon!"]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Larry Elder]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2026/06/04/tds-watch-the-convicted-felon-argument-n2677205<![CDATA[Last week, the U.S. Department of Education hosted negotiated rulemaking through its Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) Committee. The charge was straightforward and overdue: improve the quality of higher education, respond to a rapidly changing economic and intellectual landscape, expand accountability and transparency for students and taxpayers, and rebuild the value proposition of a college degree.]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Michael Shires]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/michael-shires/2026/06/04/the-looming-fight-over-intellectual-diversity-restoring-the-academys-reason-for-being-n2677208<![CDATA[As a kid, I used to watch the awful cartoon “Masters of the Universe,” which has been on my mind lately because the movie version is currently in theaters. In the cartoon (not sure about the movie), Prince Adam would pull out his sword and transform into He-Man by yelling, “By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!” Yes, it was cheesy and very 1980s, but we sure could use some of that energy now. Not the muscle-bound, Dutch boy-haired sword fighter, but the power – specifically the electricity and the grid to deliver it at a good price.]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Derek Hunter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/06/04/the-us-has-to-act-now-to-ensure-we-dominate-the-future-of-ai-n2677221<![CDATA[Billionaire progressive activist and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer recently remarked, "Health care companies only care about one thing: profits. Single-payer now." This is the same Tom Steyer who opposed single-payer when he ran for president in 2020. "Bernie Sanders was right," he says. "Boy, was I wrong."]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Veronique de Rugy]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/veroniquederugy/2026/06/04/will-single-payer-healthcare-champions-ever-offer-something-credible-n2677225<![CDATA[The Democrat Party's approach to Maine's Senate race has sparked a debate that extends well beyond the state's borders. At the center of the controversy is Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner, whose campaign has been dogged by a series of damaging allegations and personal scandals.]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:32:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Shapiro]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2026/06/03/democrats-maine-senate-gamble-raises-questions-about-standards-n2677198<![CDATA[At CBS News, there has been enough tension, gasping, pearl-clutching, and melodrama to fill a binge-worthy series on Netflix with the promise of a two-season renewal – and it is only Wednesday. Newly minted executive producer Nick Bilton has endured staff revolts and a contentious meeting, leading to high-profile dismissals, and he has not yet been on the job for a week.]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:51:00 -0400<![CDATA[Brad Slager]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/bradslager/2026/06/03/some-of-scott-pelleys-comments-explain-the-type-of-man-he-is-and-explain-how-journalism-was-not-attacked-n2677194<![CDATA[Far-left politicians want to annihilate property rights. A large share of young voters are buying into it – a red flag that our school systems have become socialist indoctrination factories.]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[Betsy McCaughey]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2026/06/03/young-voters-falling-for-socialist-myths-n2677193<![CDATA[There is something deeply hilarious about the modern administrative state.]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kevin McCullough]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2026/06/03/the-forgotten-room-heroes-n2677167<![CDATA[As negotiations between Washington and Tehran stagger forward amid mutual suspicion and escalating tensions, a fundamental question hangs over the future of Iran's ruling clerical regime. Are the mullahs once again deploying their familiar strategy of delay and deception while pursuing military and nuclear ambitions behind closed doors, or have they finally reached the point where economic collapse leaves them with no room for maneuver?]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Struan Stevenson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/struanstevenson/2026/06/03/playing-with-fire-tehrans-deadly-gambit-as-economic-collapse-looms-n2677060<![CDATA[European friends recently visited an NFL football game and marveled at America’s reverence for our national anthem. “This does not happen in Europe,” they said wistfully. But it should. Europe, in its fear of nationalism, has abandoned healthy patriotism.]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ali Holcomb]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/ali-holcomb/2026/06/03/europe-needs-patriotism-n2677091<![CDATA[Katie Abraham should still be alive.]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Joe Abraham]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/06/03/the-collapse-was-not-an-accident-n2677113<![CDATA[“Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.” - Edmund Burke]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Lewis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/06/03/difficult-freedom-or-easy-tyranny-which-will-america-choose-n2677114<![CDATA[Democrats are playing a “game of chicken” with their tax base that they’ll ultimately lose. And won’t recover from.&nbsp;The reason is that the economics that have kept businesses in uncompetitive jurisdictions will be an even bigger barrier to their return.]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[J.T. Young]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jtyoung/2026/06/03/when-businesses-leave-they-likely-wont-be-back-n2677116<![CDATA[Somewhere between the garage stacked with classified documents and the latest courtroom filing, Joe Biden decided the American people no longer deserved to hear his own words in full. On May 27, 2026, the former president sued the Department of Justice to block the release of audio recordings from his classified documents investigation — materials from interviews with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer in 2016 and 2017, conducted at his Wilmington home for his memoir, "Promise Me, Dad." The DOJ has scheduled those materials for release to Congress and the Heritage Foundation on June 15. Biden's lawyers argue this would amount to an unwarranted invasion of privacy.]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/06/03/bidens-privacy-panic-50-years-on-the-taxpayer-payroll-now-suddenly-shy-about-the-receipt-n2677117<![CDATA[Our food is poisoning us.]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/06/03/a-mouthful-of-deception-n2677118