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-usSun, 12 Jul 2026 23:02:25 -0400<![CDATA[This weekend’s death of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) at age 71 has sent shockwaves through official Washington, including the White House.]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:34:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Tradup]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/tomtradup/2026/07/12/talk-radio-has-lost-a-good-friend-with-the-passing-of-senator-lindsey-graham-n2679269<![CDATA[Stop for just a second and consider this list: Donald Trump. John Fetterman. Benjamin Netanyahu. George W. Bush. John McCain. John Thune.]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:22:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kevin McCullough]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2026/07/12/the-consensus-senator-n2679267<![CDATA[Violent crime rates consistently peak at this time, with July routinely having the highest number of homicides, aggravated assaults, and robberies.]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Davidson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2026/07/12/personal-safety-when-you-take-that-wrong-turn-n2679256<![CDATA[I spent over 30 years managing other people's money, and one rule never changes: if you owe a fiduciary duty to a group of people, you treat them the same. You don't run one set of rules for the client you like and another for the client you don't. Do that, and you'll lose your license, and you'll deserve to. So, when I watch federal judges split down the middle on whether the government can stop sorting Americans by race, I keep landing on the same question. Why is this even a fight?]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/07/12/equal-protection-wasnt-supposed-to-be-negotiable-n2679251<![CDATA[It’s a joke I’ve made often: that Democrats don’t know what a woman is when it comes to every aspect of existence…except their dating life; then they are all gynecologists. Of all the pictures of Hunter Biden with seemingly sex-trafficked Eastern European women, none were men playing dress-up. Of all the conquests of Bill Clinton, both voluntary and otherwise, none were “trans” women. This seemed odd considering Democrats have been insisting that “trans women are women” for the better part of a decade.]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Derek Hunter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/07/12/democrats-really-dont-have-any-idea-what-a-man-is-n2679250<![CDATA[Would it surprise you to learn that the Cleveland Clinic, which is a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt, nonprofit charitable organization, made more than $1 billion in profits in 2024?]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ken Blackwell]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2026/07/12/time-to-hold-nonprofit-hospitals-accountable-to-the-taxpayers-who-fund-them-n2679248<![CDATA[Western countries stand at a crossroads; the time to act is now.]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/07/12/choose-life-n2679205<![CDATA[Well, it’s plain to those who know history and the eternal truths which God established to guide and direct man on this earth.&nbsp;The short answer is, humans have largely ignored many of those eternal truths, and when they do, “whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.”&nbsp;There are rules that lead to individual and national greatness, and there are rules that end in personal and collective destruction.&nbsp;No person or country follows either set of rules 100 percent, but whichever set a person/nation is primarily devoted to will determine his/its ultimate fate.&nbsp;That fate is not inevitable if the person/nation changes course, but that doesn’t currently appear to be imminent in America.&nbsp;And that is very sad to see.]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Lewis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/07/12/it-is-so-plain-what-is-wrong-with-america-today-n2679202<![CDATA[“A specter is haunting America — the specter of communism.” That is a variation of the opening line of The Communist Manifesto&nbsp;(1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, which states: "A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism."]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jerry Newcombe]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jerrynewcombe/2026/07/12/is-there-a-spectre-haunting-america-n2679079<![CDATA[Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled in the book "Bible Study For Those Who Don't Read The Bible." "Part Two," featuring volumes 57-113, was published in December 2022]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Myra Kahn Adams]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/myrakahnadams/2026/07/12/a-quick-bible-study-vol-328-biblical-principles-in-lincolns-second-inaugural-n2679009<![CDATA[A same-sex couple in Canada is currently suing the surrogate who made their son possible.]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:19:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kathryn Lopez]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2026/07/11/columnistskathrynlopez20260710the-inhumanity-of-surrogacy-n2679234<![CDATA[Restaurant customers stand to be collateral damage in an inter-industry struggle between restaurants and big tech.]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mario Lopez]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/mariolopez/2026/07/11/big-tech-vs-restaurants-n2679231<![CDATA[During the Eastern heatwave in early July, I stumbled across an article on CNN entitled, “This heat wave would be ‘virtually impossible’ if not for fossil fuel pollution, study says.” (If you click on that, you’ll be redirected to a different article. I’ll tell you why in a moment.)]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Legates]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlegates/2026/07/11/if-all-you-have-is-a-wet-bulb-everything-looks-like-greenhouse-warming-n2679218<![CDATA[Back in April, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced it would leave the world’s largest oil cartel. As I explained in a previous column, this was a win for American consumers because it signaled the UAE was preparing to pump more oil. Right on cue, they produced a record 4.1 million barrels per day last month, which helped drive down US prices at the pump.]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[EJ Antoni, Ph.D.]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/ej-antoni/2026/07/11/opecs-grip-slips-on-production-and-prices-n2679215<![CDATA[Not long ago, Japan stood before the world pledging to become a paragon of decarbonization. Government papers were filled with talk of hydrogen corridors, offshore wind farms, and electric vehicle subsidies.]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Vijay Jayaraj]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/vijayjayaraj/2026/07/11/japan-chooses-reliable-energy-over-climate-nonsense-n2679214<![CDATA[We hear a lot about artificial intelligence devastating the filmmaking industry, and it’s true. But AI is also radically democratizing cinema, liberating creators from the dictatorial whims of Hollywood. I know this firsthand because I’ve produced full-length movies both the traditional way and, more recently, with AI.]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Michael Guillen]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelguillen/2026/07/11/a-filmmakers-journey-into-artificial-intelligence-n2679211<![CDATA[When I was a high school sophomore, I had to take a course on Eastern Civilization. It was difficult terrain, to say the least, learning about various Chinese dynasties and the intricacies of Asian and Southeast Asian life over thousands of years. The teacher required that each student select and review one of the many books from the school library that had some connection to the broader topic of Eastern Civilization.]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Davidson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2026/07/11/is-ai-leading-to-a-dumbed-down-and-misled-populace-n2679163<![CDATA[War in our time is not only about taking land or gaining decisive victories on the battlefield. Indeed, recent experience in Ukraine and the Persian Gulf shows just how hard that is. But nations and movements at war now employ information or cognitive war to undermine the confidence of targeted populations in their governments, their causes, and reality itself. Cognitive warfare also serves to isolate, stigmatize, and incite hatred against enemies. A notable example is the intense campaign on the Left and the Right to corrupt the meaning of the term genocide, particularly about Israel and, to a lesser degree, Azerbaijan. The United States has been and is targeted in campaigns of vilification by the Soviet Union, Russia, China, and radical Islamists.]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen J. Blank]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/stephen-j-blank/2026/07/11/the-narrative-wars-n2679160<![CDATA[The ACLJ has long recognized the critical importance—and value—of voting in America. With that understanding comes the calling to protect it. The ACLJ has fought for voter integrity and the sanctity of the vote for decades, going back to Bush v. Gore and as recently as representing the Colorado GOP all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court against lawfare attempting to block President Trump from appearing on the ballot, along with multiple other state GOPs facing similar challenges. We even represented the Green Party of Nevada when it faced lawfare aimed at keeping its candidate off the ballot. We routinely monitor and file briefs in election law cases.]]>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jordan Sekulow]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jordan-sekulow/2026/07/10/aclj-sues-maryland-town-over-noncitizen-voter-registry-n2679168<![CDATA[It's beginning to be a habit. It, in this case, is the messy business of center-left political jettisoning one leader suddenly deemed unelectable and, without resort to the usual rules or democratic procedure, designating a replacement. It's the process that came fairly close to giving Americans President Kamala Harris in 2024.]]>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Michael Barone]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2026/07/10/dropping-candidates-is-getting-to-be-a-habit-and-its-not-a-sign-of-strength-n2679162