Townhallhttps://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, 24 Apr 2026 08:19:12 -0400A 21st Century Declaration of American Ideals<![CDATA[As Americans prepare to celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, countless news stories and social media posts paint a picture of a hopelessly divided nation. That may be true among political elitists and activists, but it is not true of everyday Americans. Despite the noise and fury of the political battles, the vast majority of Americans continue to embrace our nation’s noble founding ideals of freedom, equality, and self-governance.]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Rasmussen]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/scottrasmussen/2026/04/24/a-21st-century-declaration-of-american-ideals-n2674935Faith Rebound: Signs of Spiritual Awakening Continue As Gen Z Turns to God, Gallup Finds - The LionFri, 24 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[The Lion]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/the-lion/2026/04/24/faith-rebound-signs-of-spiritual-awakening-continue-as-gen-z-turns-to-god-gallup-finds-the-lion-n2674998The New York Times Finds a Glamorous Backer of Theft and Murder<![CDATA[Back in 2020, National "Public" Radio promoted a nasty little book called "In Defense of Looting." NPR summarized the "Marxist-informed" author Vicky Osterweil in the wake of the "racial justice" rioting in cities: "She argues that looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society."]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim Graham]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2026/04/24/the-new-york-times-finds-a-glamorous-backer-of-theft-and-murder-n2674994Does the Right Still Believe in 'No More Souters'?<![CDATA[In 1990, George H.W. Bush, listening to then-White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu, nominated David Souter to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sununu, who as governor of New Hampshire had nominated Souter to the Granite State's supreme court in 1983, assured Bush that Souter would be a "home run" for the conservative cause.]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Josh Hammer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2026/04/24/does-the-right-still-believe-in-no-more-souters-n2674992All Redistricting Reformers Are Hypocrites<![CDATA[Hypocrisy was triumphant, as it usually is in arguments over redistricting, in Virginia this week, as voters approved a "fairness" constitutional amendment allowing the Democratic-majority legislature to enact a congressional districting plan that is expected to increase Democrats' edge in its congressional delegation from 6-5 to 10-1. This is a state that former Vice President Kamala Harris carried over then-candidate Donald Trump by a 52 percent to 46 percent margin.]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Michael Barone]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2026/04/24/all-redistricting-reformers-are-hypocrites-n2674982Trump and Tennessee Republicans Are Delivering Affordable Energy<![CDATA[Tennessee is on track to be the world leader in nuclear innovation.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Craig Shirley]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/craigshirley/2026/04/24/trump-and-tennessee-republicans-delivering-affordable-energy-n2674927Chicago Public Schools and Mayor Brandon Johnson Declare ‘Day of Civic Action’ on May Day<![CDATA[When it comes to education priorities in the Windy City, I think it is fair to say that the Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, and Mayor Brandon Johnson are all woefully out of touch.]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Talgo]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/04/24/chicago-public-schools-and-mayor-brandon-johnson-declare-day-of-civic-action-on-may-day-n2674868Kansas Legislature Shows Rest of Nation How to Get Good Things Done<![CDATA[In our federalist republic, states are often referred to as the “laboratories of democracy.” Policy ideas implemented in an individual state or multiple states can, depending on the results, inform and inspire other states and even our federal government to enact sound policy for the nation. This current state legislative season, the “experiment” in Kansas should be replicated in other laboratories across the nation and in our capital.]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Lathan Watts]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/lathanwatts/2026/04/24/kansas-legislature-shows-rest-of-nation-how-to-get-good-things-done-n2674866Trump Cuts FDA Red Tape on Ibogaine: Veterans Finally Get a Real Shot at Healing<![CDATA[President Trump signed&nbsp;an executive order on Saturday that could change the trajectory of thousands of lives. Standing in the Oval Office alongside conservative podcaster Joe Rogan and decorated Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell — whose 2005 survival in Afghanistan became the basis of&nbsp;Lone Survivor&nbsp;— Trump declared the order would “ensure that people suffering from debilitating symptoms might finally have a chance to reclaim their lives and lead a happier life.” The directive instructs the FDA Commissioner to fast-track priority review of psychedelic therapies that have received Breakthrough Therapy designations, commits $50 million in federal match funding to states building ibogaine research programs, clears the way for the&nbsp;first-ever clinical trials of ibogaine on U.S. soil, and expands patient access through Trump’s own Right to Try framework. Ibogaine stays on Schedule I for now. But the runway for relief has never been wider.]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/04/24/trump-cuts-fda-red-tape-on-ibogaine-veterans-finally-get-a-real-shot-at-healing-n2674838Pseudo-Heroes<![CDATA[It is difficult to determine whether the bizarro worldview of the current Democrat-media nexus can simply be attributed to either its generic Trump Derangement Syndrome or the attendant Wile E. Coyote/Roadrunner obsessive/compulsive disorder. But the crazy world of the Left increasingly bears scant resemblance to reality.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:45:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victor Davis Hanson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2026/04/23/pseudo-heroes-n2674987SPLC, Swalwell, and the War for America's Minds<![CDATA[The media, it seems, knew all about Eric Swalwell before the rest of the nation did. They sat on it for a decade or longer. They knew Hunter Biden's laptop was legit, but refused to acknowledge it until after the damage was done. They shouted down any critique of the prevailing opinions about where COVID originated and echoed things like the Steele dossier and the Russian collusion hoax, all while knowing better.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:30:03 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Knighton]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/tomknighton/2026/04/23/splc-swalwell-and-the-war-for-americas-minds-n2674949The SPLC Owed Us an Apology -- A Federal Grand Jury Just Handed Us Something Better<![CDATA[In 2023, the Southern Poverty Law Center put Army of Parents on their “hate map.” Same list as the Klan. Same list as neo-Nazis. A nonprofit I built to defend children and families — branded an extremist organization by people who, a federal grand jury now alleges, were literally writing checks to the Imperial Wizard of the United Klans of America.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:03:06 -0400<![CDATA[Elicia Brand]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/elicia-brand/2026/04/23/the-splc-owed-us-an-apology-a-federal-grand-jury-just-handed-us-something-better-n2674971What America Can Learn From Australia About Treating Veterans With MDMA<![CDATA[When President Trump signed his executive order on psychedelic medicines on April 18, the reaction split, predictably, along the usual lines. Skeptics called it a stunt. Advocates called it a breakthrough. What almost no one in the American debate seems to realize is that the experiment the order contemplates is no longer theoretical. It has been running, quietly and carefully, in another allied country for more than two years — and the results are already reshaping how that country cares for the men and women it sent to war.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Kadysh]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/nick-kadysh/2026/04/23/what-america-can-learn-from-australia-about-treating-veterans-with-mdma-n2674961Our Politicians Hate Us<![CDATA[There simply is no other explanation for it. Not ignorance, not well-intentioned stupidity, not misguided but honest mistakes.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Laura Hollis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2026/04/23/our-politicians-hate-us-n2674928This Isn’t a Purge. It’s Long Overdue Accountability.<![CDATA[Washington is once again in hysterics over the removal of senior military leaders. This time, branding it a “purge” carried out by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The outrage is predictable. The substance, however, is far less dramatic and far more justified.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Dr. Chase Spears]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/dr-chase-spears/2026/04/23/this-isnt-a-purge-its-long-overdue-accountability-n2674922On CNN, Democrat 'Election Deniers' Get a Pass<![CDATA[CNN's Jake Tapper recently denounced Trump administration judicial nominees because, at their confirmation hearing, they refused to say "yes" when asked, "Did Biden win the 2020 election?" Instead, the nominees replied, "Biden was CERTIFIED as the winner."]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Larry Elder]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2026/04/23/on-cnn-democrat-election-deniers-get-a-pass-n2674918The Supreme Court's Springtime Reckoning<![CDATA[The United States Supreme Court has entered its most consequential season.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Armstrong Williams]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2026/04/23/the-supreme-courts-springtime-reckoning-n2674917This Is What Democracy Looks Like and Why Our Founding Fathers Didn’t Create One<![CDATA[Virginia voted, and the Democrats treated the Republicans and Independents in the state like Bill Clinton treated so many women over the years – forcing their will on everyone else. If southern and rural Virginians didn’t want to be overpowered into submission, they shouldn’t have worn such a short skirt.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Derek Hunter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/04/23/this-is-what-democracy-looks-like-and-why-our-founding-fathers-didnt-create-one-n2674916The Same Crisis Wearing Different Clothes<![CDATA[America has a spending problem. It also has a healthcare problem. These are not two separate crises but rather the same crisis wearing different clothes. The Cato Institute's new "Handbook on Affordability" is a great resource to understand the root problem and how to fix it.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Veronique de Rugy]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/veroniquederugy/2026/04/23/the-same-crisis-wearing-different-clothes-n2674908You Don't Get It, Do You? <![CDATA[If the US takes care of its interests and Israel benefits, is that so bad?]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/04/23/you-dont-get-it-do-you-n2674903