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, 03 Oct 2026 11:58:52 -0400<![CDATA[Student loans have been a noose around the neck of many college grads for years, but the Department of Education is enacting reforms to help prevent more young people from falling into this debt trap. Ironically, some colleges that are supposed to serve students are furious because it means their taxpayer-funded gravy train is coming to a halt.]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[EJ Antoni, Ph.D.]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/ej-antoni/2026/10/03/commonsense-student-loan-reform-is-finally-coming-n2684047<![CDATA[Rachel Danis is fixing her hair. She's stretching to reach and adjust a barrette or scrunchie; we see a closeup of her baby bump.]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kathryn Lopez]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2026/10/03/columnistskathrynlopez20261002the-wrong-priorities-in-clancy-trial-n2684046<![CDATA[The warriors who defend this country must have their votes counted. That requires two things. The first is access. They need the time, the training, and the assistance to register and cast a ballot from wherever the country sends them. The second is protection. Their votes must not be diluted by overseas civilian ballots cast under rules Congress never wrote.]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Lucas]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/mark-lucas/2026/10/03/the-pentagon-neglected-its-own-voters-hegseth-is-correcting-it-n2684041<![CDATA[One of the most sacred responsibilities of any society is to protect its children.]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jenny Beth Martin]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jennybethmartin/2026/10/03/november-matters-for-protecting-children-n2684037<![CDATA[Most media articles are based on research, but every once in a while, a piece is based on personal experience. When that experience is in direct contradiction to what most media reports, we all should start to wonder about the real truth, especially when it affects millions of people. And TikTok is not only influencing world opinions, but it is also consciously manipulating them for anti-American purposes.]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rabbi Michael Barclay]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/10/03/why-is-tiktok-still-banning-pro-israel-pro-america-content-n2684034<![CDATA[As the midterm elections loom, each victory of the second Trump Administration evokes in us both satisfaction and a sense of realism. It is gratifying to observe long-overdue action finally occurring in Washington. It is encouraging to witness policies that again place American citizens, borders, energy, law enforcement, and national sovereignty first.]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Davidson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2026/10/03/how-much-more-can-trump-do-in-28-months-n2683960<![CDATA[When it comes to personal protection, I don't believe there's one tool that's right for every person or every situation. A gun might be the best choice when you're facing an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm, but not every dangerous encounter rises to that level. Pepper spray, knives, and handheld electronic devices can be effective, but their limited range has some obvious drawbacks.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:05:00 -0400<![CDATA[Cam Edwards]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/camedwards/2026/10/02/what-makes-a-byrna-a-serious-defense-tool-n2684008<![CDATA[A few weeks ago, a friend sent me a video I will never be able to unsee. It was filmed last year at Ali Meat International, an Islamic slaughterhouse in Orlando, during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. In it, children are handed blades and turned loose on live animals while the staff shock the ones still standing. I've spent decades pulling animals out of terrible situations, and I still had to watch it with my hand over my mouth. I made myself sit through every second, because if I don't watch it, I can't do anything about it.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[State Rep. Meg Weinberger]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/meg-weinberger/2026/10/02/if-prosecutors-wont-enforce-the-law-who-will-n2684011<![CDATA[Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) stood before a town hall crowd in Ithaca on Sunday and described a Cornell case in these exact words: "Seven men drugged and gang raped a 20-year-old woman." She said they lured her into a fraternity house, drugged her with ketamine, posted to a group chat that she was incapacitated, then "took turns gang raping her for seven hours." She added that Cornell's response was to expel two of them and have the rest "write essays as their form of punishment," and called it evidence that "the culture of rape, sexual assault, and pedophilia is protected" at elite institutions nationwide.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kevin McCullough]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2026/10/02/receipts-not-rhetoric-n2684007<![CDATA[For months, ideological enforcer journalists who labor intensely to keep left-wing elitist media outlets as leftist and anti-Trump as possible have been panicking over the Ellisons getting their hands on CNN and turning it into — cue siren noises — another CBS News.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim Graham]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2026/10/02/paranoia-over-cnn-turning-maga-friendly-like-cbs-n2683976<![CDATA[The American people are right to be angry. They work hard, pay their taxes, struggle with inflation, and watch the price of groceries, housing, utilities, and insurance continue to climb. Meanwhile, too many politicians arrive in Washington and somehow leave far wealthier than when they entered.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Congressman Abe Hamadeh]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/congressman-abraham-hamadeh/2026/10/02/its-time-to-ban-stock-trading-in-congress-n2683969<![CDATA[Israel is one hearing away from doing something it has rarely done. On Thursday, the Supreme Court unanimously told Balad party chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh that a majority of the nine justices would uphold his disqualification from the October 27 election, and urged him to withdraw by Friday. The fact that the Supreme Court justices issued a unanimous decision is remarkable in a country that rarely sees eye to eye on anything. It is made all the more remarkable that the unanimous decision included the Israeli Arab justice as well, whose very presence on the court belies accusations of apartheid and discrimination.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jonathan Feldstein]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jonathanfeldstein/2026/10/02/tomorrows-headlines-israeli-apartheid-arab-discrimination-and-why-its-a-lie-n2683965<![CDATA[Iran's strategy in this war was never complicated. The mullahs believed that if they choked the Strait of Hormuz long enough, Americans would feel it at the gas pump and Washington would lose its nerve before the midterms. Brent crude spiked past $107 a barrel this month, and Iranian-aligned militias sent drones into Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline and shut it down for more than a week. Tehran was betting that pain at the pump would break us before its own economy broke.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2026/10/02/president-trump-deserves-credit-n2683964<![CDATA[Terrorists want nothing more than to prevent peace.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Josh Hammer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2026/10/02/dont-let-flydubai-terror-scare-derail-abraham-accords-progress-n2683963<![CDATA[Haven't we seen this movie before? Voters, weary of a Republican president whose foreign or domestic policies don't seem to be delivering as promised, seem on the verge of a massive rejection of his party.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Michael Barone]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2026/10/02/toward-the-final-stretch-and-beyond-n2683962<![CDATA[I was born in Iran months before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. I grew up under the ayatollahs. I converted to Christianity, distributed Bibles, shared the Gospel, was arrested, interrogated repeatedly, and sentenced to death by hanging for the “crime” they call apostasy: becoming a Christian. I spent 259 days in Evin Prison. I know what this regime does to human bodies and to truth. I also know my people.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Marziyeh Amirizadeh]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marziyeh-amirizadeh/2026/10/02/when-the-west-amplifies-the-wrong-voice-iranians-bleed-twice-n2683958<![CDATA[Washington has a strange habit. It treats the companies that fly us all over the world as too dangerous to trust, and the companies that decide what we are allowed to say as too sophisticated to restrain. Airlines struggle to live under massive regulations and federal rules. Big Tech lives under a legal shield written for the dial-up era. If Silicon Valley can “self-police,” why can’t the airlines? The honest answer is that they can’t, and neither can the platforms that spent the last decade proving they would rather try to influence politics than protect free speech.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Shaun McCutcheon]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/shaunmccutcheon/2026/10/02/big-tech-is-going-to-get-a-lot-bigger-n2683957<![CDATA[Back in the days of Prohibition, many legitimate businesses would work as fronts for the illegal sale of alcohol. Bootleggers would partner with drug stores or barber shops, as depicted in "The Great Gatsby," to set up a bar behind a secret door. To gain passage, patrons would have to talk very quietly to avoid attention – hence the term speakeasy.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jared Whitley]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jaredwhitley/2026/10/02/stores-selling-drugs-todays-vaping-speakeasies-think-they-can-repeat-the-past-old-sport-n2683954<![CDATA[What happened over the Saudi desert is one for the books.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/10/02/did-someone-order-a-plate-of-miracles-n2683953<![CDATA[California has a chance to break the cycle of Democratic doom and destruction.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Arthur Schaper]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2026/10/02/election-2026-the-becerra-vs-hilton-for-california-governor-debate-n2683938