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-usFri, 13 Nov 2026 10:29:35 -0500<![CDATA[Last week, voters told Republicans they’re done waiting for the party to do something with its majority. After two years, they handed Democrats the keys to both chambers of Congress.]]>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Tayte Christensen]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/tayte-christensen/2026/11/13/what-the-gop-can-learn-from-brandon-gill-and-michael-alfonso-before-2028-n2686403<![CDATA[It was a meeting of the Monday-Only Millionaires on "The Daily Show" when Jon Stewart interviewed Rachel Maddow to promote her latest book, "Department of Fate," on the latest bad liberal joke: that the Department of Justice should be nonpartisan. As if modern Democrat presidents practiced that.]]>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Tim Graham]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2026/11/13/rachel-maddow-comes-unglued-about-trump-putting-his-enemies-in-prisons-n2686400<![CDATA[Half the nation is still reeling from the results of last week's elections. While there was an overall impression that it would not be a good night for Republicans, virtually no one expected it to be the slaughter that it was.]]>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Laura Hollis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2026/11/13/how-did-we-get-here-n2686399<![CDATA[Senate and House Democrats have not taken back the gavels yet, but they are already talking serious trash.]]>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Josh Hammer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2026/11/13/congress-wants-to-make-trumps-life-hell-its-not-that-easy-n2686393<![CDATA[America's two political parties, the oldest and third-oldest in the world, face new challenges as a result of the Democrats' "more than a thumping" of President Donald Trump's Republicans last week.]]>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Michael Barone]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2026/11/13/after-trumps-repudiation-new-challenges-for-both-old-parties-n2686386<![CDATA[It doesn’t matter how Republicans lost; they can’t figure out how to compete.]]>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/11/13/republican-backside-please-kick-me-n2686360<![CDATA[Every three years, the committees that write America's model building codes sit down and rewrite them. Every three years, the codes get longer. I have yet to find the cycle in which they took out more than they put in.]]>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2026/11/13/the-ratchet-only-ever-tightens-n2686346<![CDATA[Every November, Americans pause to honor the men and women who have worn their nation’s uniform, recognizing their courage, service, and sacrifice. It is an important observance because freedom is never free. It depends on people willing to put their lives on the line to protect others.]]>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Yael Eckstein]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/yaeleckstein/2026/11/13/this-veterans-day-honoring-our-heroes-means-helping-them-heal-n2686323<![CDATA[The typical first-time homebuyer is 40 years old, unchanged from last year's record. When I was 22, I figured 40 was the age you bought a sports car and questioned your life choices. Now it's the age you finally get a front door. The National Association of Realtors' 2026 profile found that first-timers made up just&nbsp;22 percent&nbsp;of buyers, barely above last year's record low of 21 percent, and that sellers stayed a record 12 years.]]>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/11/13/the-housing-market-became-hotel-california-n2686249Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Heartlander News]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/heartlander-news/2026/11/13/viral-photo-reimagines-6-year-old-as-25-year-old-highlighting-tensions-over-ai-in-schools-n2686229<![CDATA[Midterm Realities]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -0500<![CDATA[Victor Davis Hanson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2026/11/12/the-midterms-an-autopsy-n2686381<![CDATA[As of this moment, the gas station I use most lists unleaded at $3.89 a gallon. An 18-count carton of extra-large eggs at my local chain grocery runs $2.49.]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 10:50:00 -0500<![CDATA[Kevin McCullough]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2026/11/12/not-even-sworn-in-yet-n2686352<![CDATA[Back in 1980, boxer Roberto Durán famously threw in the towel after a beating from Sugar Ray Leonard by waving his hand and saying “No más!” or “no more.” He was done, out of gas and hurting. Over the next few years, we can expect to hear a similar sentiment from many leftists, as conservatives sharpen our elbows and pummel them with the rules they’ve created and used against us. Make them hate it, make them cry “No más!” and, even as they beg, never, ever let up on them.]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Derek Hunter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/11/12/dont-ever-give-liberals-an-inch-and-never-let-up-on-them-n2686330<![CDATA[Abdul El-Sayed's election to the U.S. Senate is consequential. It is also a moment that calls for clear-eyed scrutiny, not panic nor complacency.]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Armstrong Williams]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2026/11/12/the-questions-el-sayed-victory-leaves-unanswered-n2686326<![CDATA[When Stephen Miller first appeared on my radio show as a high school teenager, did I see his potential? I've been asked this many times.]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Larry Elder]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2026/11/12/stephen-miller-superstar-n2686324<![CDATA[After nearly five years of war, the question is no longer only who can defend Ukraine. It is who can negotiate a peace that lasts.]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Duggan Flanakin]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/dugganflanakin/2026/11/12/trump-is-right-ukraine-needs-a-leader-who-can-close-the-deal-n2686316<![CDATA[Google has a message for America’s schools: Use our AI tools, or else.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Melissa Henson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/melissahenson/2026/11/12/googles-mask-is-beginning-to-slip-n2686306<![CDATA[I met him when he was deputy chief of Mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington between 1982 and '84. Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu immediately impressed me with his command of English and his understanding of history —&nbsp;American and Middle Eastern. He was later Israel's ambassador to the U.S. and then prime minister for three off-and- on terms between 1996 and this year.]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Cal Thomas]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2026/11/12/bibi-netanyahus-legacy-n2686304<![CDATA[Six days after Washington voters passed Initiative 638 with 56 percent of the vote, a teachers’ union, an advocacy group, and a handful of parents sued to stop it. The measure bars transgender girls from girls’ school sports and requires verification of sex before a student joins a girls’ team, and it takes effect December 3 unless a judge intervenes. I think the voters read it correctly. Girls’ teams exist for biological females, and the lawsuit’s strongest complaint, privacy, has a fix that leaves the law standing.]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/11/12/girls-won-the-vote-in-washington-lawyers-want-a-rematch-n2686298<![CDATA[There’s no one fatter and lazier than a deep red state’s Republican organization, with few exceptions, and this bit us badly on the butt last week. Now, California is not a red state — not anymore, though it was when I grew up there — but this little story kind of sums up the problem with Republican organizations. They aren’t about winning; they are social clubs. I was at some GOP event and sat down for rubber chicken next to somebody who proudly announced he was the Republican chair of, say, the 69th District and had been for 20 years. I asked him when the last time a Republican won in the 69th District was, and he looked at me like I was insane, like it never occurred to him that electing people might be a remotely relevant consideration for a district chair. The answer, of course, was “Never.” The Republicans had never won it. But he had his gig, a nice seat on the dais, and that was what mattered. Not victory. Just his place in the social club that is the California Republican Party.]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:01:00 -0500<![CDATA[Kurt Schlichter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/11/12/red-state-gop-organizations-need-to-get-their-stuff-together-n2686261