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, 20 Aug 2026 11:58:36 -0400<![CDATA[There's an old saying: Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. A similar idea underscores the debate over wealth taxes in California and elsewhere: Those who can, build companies. Those who can't, devise ways for the government to take shares in what others have built.]]>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Veronique de Rugy]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/veroniquederugy/2026/08/20/those-who-build-and-the-politicians-who-take-n2681561<![CDATA[Every generation searches for answers. Young people have always challenged the status quo, questioned authority and sought a better future than the one they inherited. That impulse is not only understandable, but it is often essential to a healthy democracy. It is how societies reform, innovate and correct injustice.]]>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Armstrong Williams]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2026/08/20/why-are-so-many-young-people-drawn-to-communism-n2681556<![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security put out another "worst of the worst" release over the weekend of August 17. ICE agents picked up illegal aliens convicted of murder, indecent liberties with a child, assault, and cocaine trafficking, and the agency followed up the next day with more arrests for child sexual assault and forcible sexual abuse. This isn't a one-off news cycle. DHS has published a version of this release roughly every few days since early August, and the pattern holds because the underlying population it's drawing from is that large.]]>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/08/20/ice-keeps-arresting-predators-sanctuary-cities-keep-calling-it-fearmongering-n2681552<![CDATA[Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) encountered a government program he does not want to expand — at least not "currently."]]>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Larry Elder]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2026/08/20/did-hakeem-jeffries-discover-the-price-of-free-healthcare-n2681550<![CDATA[How is it that so many young Americans have come to espouse Marxist ideas and want to impose them, even by force if necessary, on the rest of us?]]>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jerry Newcombe]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jerrynewcombe/2026/08/20/education-and-marxism-n2681546<![CDATA[A foul sign in Portugal explains modern antisemitism.]]>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/08/20/a-sign-of-the-times-n2681544<![CDATA[The situation in Iran is going to hurt Republicans in the fall. Not because the majority of the American people want Iran to get a nuclear weapon or because Democrats in the media are lying about things, but it’s going to hurt Republicans because it is a major distraction from the things average voters care about. President Donald Trump either doesn’t see that or does not care.]]>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Derek Hunter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/08/20/heres-trumps-problem-with-iran-n2681542<![CDATA[When I attended a much different public school in suburban Maryland, there was a public service announcement on TV that asked: "It's 10 o'clock. Do you know where your children are?"]]>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Cal Thomas]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2026/08/20/back-to-school-2026-27-n2681526<![CDATA[At a conference I attended recently in DC, I had the chance to show a lot of my colleagues around the downtown monuments. For them, many from other countries, seeing the Lincoln, the Washington, the Capitol, was once in a lifetime – for me, it was Tuesday.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jared Whitley]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jaredwhitley/2026/08/20/gesundheit-us-policymakers-finally-want-to-stop-germans-robbing-us-to-pay-for-their-healthcare-n2681513<![CDATA[In perhaps the least surprising revelation of this campaign cycle, besides the epiphany that the guy with a Nazi tattoo turned out not to be very nice to women, was that the Deputy Legislative Director for nominally Republican Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) just enlisted in the legions of blasphemous, demonic Democrat James Talarico. For any Texans wondering if, in retrospect, they should’ve given Ken Paxton a shot instead of sticking with the incumbent, you’ve got your answer: Hell yes. This turncoat, one Jacob Smith, had a central role in developing policy for an allegedly Republican senator, yet he slid seamlessly into the camp of the imp pushing the gender mutilation of children, socialism, DEI, open borders, and gun control. But then again, Sen. John Cornyn would be on a smooth glide path to another term as a senator if he had ever done anything to stop the gender mutilation of children, socialism, DEI, open borders, and gun control — his record on these ranges from AWOL to active collaboration with the Democrats.]]>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kurt Schlichter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/08/20/good-riddance-to-john-cornyn-and-his-democrat-staffers-n2681512<![CDATA[Germany woke up this week to the price of a 50-year bet.]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[Noosheen Hashemi]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/noosheen-hashemi/2026/08/19/germanys-china-dependency-is-president-trumps-opportunity-n2681538<![CDATA[This election cycle is a hot mess for Democrats, and the mess isn't an accident. It's fake polling. It's false new positions. It's phony new promises, rolled out the moment the real numbers get ugly. Put the last few days side by side and you don't get a party having a bad week. You get a party that's forgotten how to tell the truth to its own voters.]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:45:03 -0400<![CDATA[Kevin McCullough]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2026/08/19/a-hot-mess-by-design-n2681529<![CDATA[Betting markets show Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) as the frontrunner to snag the 2028 Democratic nomination for president of the United States.]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Betsy McCaughey]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2026/08/19/aoc-is-unfit-to-lead-the-nation-n2681508<![CDATA[This week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services did something Washington rarely manages: it drew a line and held it. The agency&nbsp;finalized a rule pulling federal Medicaid and CHIP dollars out of what it calls “sex-rejecting procedures” for minors: puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and the surgeries that go with them. It takes effect October 13. The professional outrage machine fired up within hours, right on schedule. I'd like to offer a different reaction. It's about time.]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/08/19/the-adults-are-finally-back-in-the-room-n2681502<![CDATA[The annual back-to-school ritual this year is happening amid a rash of school closures due to empty classrooms. In California, 79 public schools closed in 2025, and, so far this year, 73 public schools have already closed.]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[John and Andy Schlafly]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2026/08/19/back-to-empty-classrooms-n2681500<![CDATA[The folks at Disney and ABC News are parading around, suing the Federal Communications Commission and boasting about how they are the paragons of freedom of speech and courageous reporting that President Donald Trump can't stand. What they're really celebrating is putting out a product that resides solidly inside a liberal bubble. They are the ones who cannot stand an opposing point of view.]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim Graham]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2026/08/19/abc-news-is-a-bubble-not-a-free-speech-paragon-n2681498<![CDATA[When Congress was considering the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in June of last year, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.-N.Y.) pretended he was dedicated to fiscal restraint.]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Terry Jeffrey]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2026/08/19/one-place-schumer-sends-your-money-n2681497<![CDATA[Did you know that the SAT is racist?]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[John Stossel]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2026/08/19/racist-tests-n2681496<![CDATA[For a very long time, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has billed itself as a worker-oriented movement that is entirely devoted to fighting “for reforms that empower working people.”]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Talgo]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/08/19/the-dsa-gives-workers-a-load-of-lip-service-n2681494<![CDATA[In the face of poisonous gender ideology, states and governing organizations have worked overtime to protect their women and children from its harms. Concerned Women for America leaders have worked alongside dozens of legislatures to pass state bills barring men from using women’s bathrooms, participating in women’s sports, and more. But passing these protections is only the first step. To ensure these laws function as intended, states must also safeguard the integrity of the records used to enforce them.]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Macy Petty Charles]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/macy-petty/2026/08/19/the-birth-certificate-loophole-putting-womens-protections-at-risk-n2681493