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-usTue, 29 Sep 2026 21:28:25 -0400<![CDATA[This has been the week that a deep sense of pessimism about the upcoming midterm elections set in among Republicans around the country. Not just the political class of consultants and others intimately involved in campaigns — they have been pessimistic for a while, although their sense of foreboding seemed to rise to a higher level in recent days — but also among those who follow the news closely but don't get down into the weeds of the race for control of the House and Senate.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:30:18 -0400<![CDATA[Byron York]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2026/09/29/columnistsbyronyork20260929byron-york-by-byron-york-n2683813<![CDATA[This week, my social media feeds have filled with satellite images, many reportedly from Google Earth, showing whole neighborhoods of Gaza reduced to gray rubble. The posts accompanying them tend to share a single conclusion: this is the evidence of genocide, and Israel is guilty of it.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kevin McCullough]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2026/09/29/dont-start-it-n2683777<![CDATA[HOMER CITY, Pennsylvania — Eighteen months ago, Shawn Steffee stood in a field in Indiana County and watched the smokestacks of Pennsylvania's largest coal-fired power plant fold into a cloud of dust, then told anyone who would listen that the wreckage was not a funeral.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Salena Zito]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2026/09/29/how-1800-local-tradespeople-are-powering-pennsylvanias-ultimate-energy-and-data-innovation-campus-n2683746<![CDATA[It’s a growing concern that world leaders, economists and religious leaders are warning about: people aren’t having enough children.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Purcell]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/tompurcell/2026/09/29/the-many-blessings-of-growing-up-in-a-big-family-n2683745<![CDATA[James Carville recently&nbsp;said of the progressive left: “I think they’ve come up with an AI random stupid idea generator.” He might be onto something, and ahead of the midterms, the generator seems to be running on its own output, with the ideas getting worse and more alike.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Michael Faulkender]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/michael-faulkender/2026/09/29/socialism-for-thee-cronyism-for-me-n2683744<![CDATA[The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and far-left progressives are rebranding the Green New Deal (GND), now claiming it will preserve prosperity and dignity amidst socio-economic fallout from the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Talgo]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/09/29/the-green-new-deal-is-kryptonite-to-progress-and-prosperity-n2683742<![CDATA[At the last show of a U.S. tour for the Sex Pistols, lead singer Johnny Rotten famously asked the audience, “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” The band was in the middle of self-destructing, as all good punk bands did, but the question loomed larger than the event and echoes throughout much of life today. Nowhere does it resonate more than in politics, where everything seems calculated, and you’re left wondering if these people actually believe in anything they espouse. The issue that comes to mind the most at the moment is artificial intelligence (AI).]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Derek Hunter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/09/29/get-ready-for-the-ai-whiplash-n2683740<![CDATA[Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is on the warpath again, this time over Social Security. She wants people to pay Social Security taxes on all of their income, rather than capping the income subject to that tax. It’s currently set at $184,500 for 2026, and any earnings above that are exempt from the tax. This, Warren claims, is unfair. In her world, people should pay Social Security tax on 100 percent of their earnings because she wants to make sure that “everyone paid their fair share."]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Hogenson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/scotthogenson/2026/09/29/what-elizabeth-warren-wont-say-about-social-security-n2683739<![CDATA[The perfect metaphor to characterize the U.N. General Assembly delegates who walked out before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke is this: "There are none so blind as those who will not see." You can't make people understand the truth if they choose to ignore it.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Cal Thomas]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2026/09/29/the-perfect-metaphor-n2683737<![CDATA[“Man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is.” — Charles Darwin]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Lewis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/09/29/wheres-the-progress-n2683736<![CDATA[The more one has, the more he has to give back.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/09/29/privilege-baloney-n2683735<![CDATA[Juan Williams calls Justice Clarence Thomas' place in history tragic. His argument rests on two sweeping claims: that Thomas is at the heart of a historic decline in public trust in the Supreme Court, and that he has damaged trust in Black conservatives as a source of ideas about race. Those are serious accusations. They deserve more than confident assertion. They deserve evidence, careful reasoning and the same respect for individual judgment that Williams should expect for himself.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Armstrong Williams]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2026/09/29/a-rebuttal-to-juan-williams-on-justice-clarence-thomas-n2683731<![CDATA[There are 535 members of Congress. Representatives chosen by qualified Americans fill those seats, in a system defined by political equality and economic liberty.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ken Blackwell]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2026/09/28/what-did-racial-gerrymandering-really-accomplish-n2683680<![CDATA[One of the key messages in President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign was a pledge for “Mass Deportation Now.” &nbsp;It was a popular slogan at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI. In his speech accepting the GOP nomination, Trump said, “To keep our families safe, the Republican platform promises to launch the largest deportation operation in the history of our country.”]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Crouere]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2026/09/28/americans-voted-to-deport-illegal-aliens-n2683672<![CDATA[Something very Orwellian is happening in Arizona. Far-left Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs is campaigning like she is a Republican. Her messaging emphasizes Republican principles of tax cuts, border security, public safety and economic development rather than typical Democrat talking points.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rachel Alexander]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2026/09/28/katie-hobbs-is-campaigning-to-remain-governor-by-pretending-to-be-a-republican-n2683671<![CDATA[From my balcony in the Judean mountains, I can see the lights of Jordan on a clear night and the skyline of Amman at sunrise. On other nights, I simply look south and east and know that the same Iranian missiles and drones from the Houthis in Yemen threatening my children and grandchildren are also threatening the mosques, holy cities, the oil fields, and the very capital that keep the House of Saud in power. That is the uncomfortable intimacy of this region. We are not friends. We are not yet even fully acknowledged as legitimate neighbors. Yet Riyadh is knocking on Jerusalem’s door like a man who has four wives and seeks out his mistress for marital counseling.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jonathan Feldstein]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jonathanfeldstein/2026/09/28/saudi-arabias-secret-jewish-mistress-n2683668<![CDATA[Western countries, including the US, will have to make a choice.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/09/28/the-least-bad-option-n2683665<![CDATA[And the hits keep on coming.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ashley Herzog]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/ashleyherzog/2026/09/28/trumps-war-on-healthcare-fraud-is-working-regulators-shouldnt-get-in-the-way-n2683658<![CDATA[To attend the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, delegates appeared in person with valid identification to collect credentials. Certain areas required a name- and photo-specific Secret Service credential. The party that has spent years characterizing voter ID laws as voter suppression ran one of the most credentialed events in recent American political history. I've always found the gap between what they practice and what they prescribe worth noting. But the ID argument is the small fight. The one that landed in the Supreme Court today is bigger.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/09/28/noncitizens-are-voting-databases-are-flagging-citizens-both-are-true-n2683653<![CDATA[Every election cycle we hear the same stupid spiel from a certain band of pseudo-conservative quitters: “Oh no, I’m not getting my way. I’ve got no reason to vote. I’m not going to vote. The Republicans aren’t conservative enough, so I’m just going to let the communist pervert Democrats win. Waa, waa, waa.” I don’t know whether this is tactical stupidity or a cry for attention — maybe it’s both — but it’s exhausting. Boss, I’m tired. Tired of the ostentatiously blackpilling pundits and posers who think electing Democrats by sitting out the election is the way to morph the Republican Party from a bunch of crony codgers managing America’s decline like gentlemen into a party that’s making America great again. It’s not. You never win by losing. And in fact, we’ve been winning. If you’re mad because you think Donald Trump hasn’t performed, you’re not thinking at all. The only question is whether that’s because you can’t or you’ve chosen not to.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kurt Schlichter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/09/28/we-are-so-tired-of-the-loudmouth-quitters-n2683651