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, 21 Apr 2026 18:59:03 -0400<![CDATA[If anyone knows that President Donald Trump, for all his bluster, can mean what he says, it is the Iranians. Trump is the president who took out the powerful Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Quds Force, in January 2020. Trump is also the president who bombed Iran's nuclear sites in June 2025. And the president who attacked Iran in February 2026. So Iranians know that, for all his talk, Trump can also pull the trigger.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:00:26 -0400<![CDATA[Byron York]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2026/04/21/columnistsbyronyork20260421trumps-frustration-and-irans-delaying-tactics-n2674849<![CDATA[You aren't going to believe the latest lawsuit fad in America: suing companies as monopolistic for cutting prices to consumers. In legal mumbo-jumbo, this is called "predatory pricing" – keeping prices lower than charged by competitors. The idea is to keep prices so low that rival firms can't compete. Quick, throw Walmart, Home Depot, and McDonald's in jail.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:55:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Moore]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2026/04/21/lawyers-sue-for-higher-prices-n2674840<![CDATA[Over the past week, the disgraced former attorney general has been everywhere defending what Democrats are doing in Virginia, insisting it’s about “fairness,” insisting it’s a response to Republicans, insisting it’s necessary to keep the system balanced. He’s said Democrats are trying to “make the system as fair as it possibly can be,” and suggested they can’t sit back while Republicans “stack the deck.”]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Sharpsteen]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/matt-sharpsteen/2026/04/21/liar-liar-eric-holders-pants-are-on-fire-n2674837<![CDATA[PITTSBURGH – Despite having moved away for nearly 20 years, when you've called Pittsburgh home for any length of time, two things often happen: You want to come back to raise your children, and you want to be part of something, big or small, that makes it better.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Salena Zito]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2026/04/21/pnc-steps-up-for-pittsburghs-nfl-draft-n2674828Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[The Lion]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/the-lion/2026/04/21/illinois-jury-lists-contain-dead-people-what-about-the-voter-rolls-the-lion-n2674799<![CDATA[Remember when the leftist media was upset about Benjamin Netanyahu being in the Situation Room with President Trump? “How dare he?” they cried as they clutched their pearls. Well, at least Israel is an ally of the United States, whereas the media is not, and the media, as horrifying as it is, is only made worse by the President talking to them. Please, Mr. President, stop giving access to these people.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Derek Hunter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/04/21/dear-mr-president-please-stop-giving-special-access-to-the-left-wing-press-n2674787<![CDATA[The Schwarzenegger-movie heroics and flat-out audacity the Air Force and her sister services displayed recovering the two downed airmen from a rocky corner of Iran is something in which every American should take enormous pride. No other country on Earth who could mount this operation (155 aircraft flying for hours in the dark) or would put so much at risk to recover two of its own. This speaks volumes about the culture and ethos of the American military and the men and women who serve.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Patrick Bobko]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/patrickbobko/2026/04/21/sere-the-usaf-and-the-iran-rescue-n2674786<![CDATA[When Donald Trump became president the first time, he took over Washington like … Jimmy Carter.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Brian McNicoll]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/brianmcnicoll/2026/04/21/trumps-real-team-players-n2674785<![CDATA[Something remarkable has happened here in Mississippi. The state that for most of the last century sat at the bottom of nearly every American economic table has, quietly, pulled ahead of the United Kingdom in GDP per capita. Last week, Governor Tate Reeves highlighted the fact on X in his characteristically Southern style – and the post went viral.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Douglas Carswell]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/douglas-carswell/2026/04/21/mississippi-overtakes-britain-n2674776<![CDATA[In 1949, 20 years before the first moon landing, the world-famous American science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein wrote the short story called "The Man Who Sold the Moon." First published in 1950, the story centers on Delos David Harriman, a brilliant entrepreneur determined to achieve the first manned mission to the moon – regardless of the cost. Harriman is adamant that the mission should not be orchestrated or funded by the government. Instead, he plans the expedition as a private, commercially driven endeavor. With astute business acumen, persuasive propaganda, and adept political maneuvering, he succeeds in attracting investors, overcoming obstacles, and ultimately building a moon rocket.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rainer Zitelmann]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/rainerzitelmann/2026/04/21/space-exploration-without-government-n2674772<![CDATA[Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day should be expanded.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Purcell]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/tompurcell/2026/04/21/take-your-middle-aged-child-to-retirement-day-before-its-too-late-n2674771<![CDATA[Senate Democrats give Israel the finger.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/04/21/and-then-there-were-none-n2674729<![CDATA[With increasing frequency, I hear from Christians who are outraged by reports of Israeli Jews spitting on Christians. “Have you seen the videos?” they ask. “And we’re supposed to support Israel?” What is striking is that many of these same Christians say little or nothing about the wholesale slaughter of Christians by Muslims worldwide. Yet they are deeply exercised over fringe religious Jews in Israel spitting at (or on) Christians, as if this were the norm throughout the Land.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Michael Brown]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2026/04/21/muslims-who-slaughter-christians-and-jews-who-spit-on-christians-n2674701<![CDATA[On April 13, 2026, two members of Congress announced their resignations within hours of each other — not out of conscience, but because expulsion votes were already written and the vote counts were there. U.S. Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-14) faces multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment from former staffers, with the Manhattan District Attorney opening a criminal investigation. U.S. Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales (TX-23) admitted to an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide, and a second former staffer surfaced with explicit text messages. The House Ethics Committee opened investigations into both men within days.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/04/21/congress-cleaned-house-under-duress-n2674700<![CDATA[Trump’s strategic judgment and leadership in action have suddenly flipped the global script and fundamentally changed the world for the better.]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Powell]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/scottpowell/2026/04/20/for-trump-winning-is-the-catalyst-for-the-american-renaissance-n2674728<![CDATA[The California Supreme Court officially disbarred President Donald Trump’s former attorney, John Eastman, last week over his work assisting Trump to dispute the 2020 election results. Eastman merely provided options for Trump to consider in a legal memo — some of which would have resulted in Joe Biden winning the election — and drafted and filed a brief for him in the election challenge Texas v. Pennsylvania. In contrast, none of the attorneys involved in the 2000 election challenge representing Al Gore over “hanging chads” in Florida were disciplined.]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rachel Alexander]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2026/04/20/state-bar-of-california-ignored-schiff-and-swalwell-but-relentlessly-pursued-john-eastman-n2674722<![CDATA[Have you noticed all those sportsbook gambling ads on TV? They are quickly becoming the biggest advertisers at any sporting event. Even Golf! Now these electronic bookies are underwriting mailings and television ads promoting political candidates. It is happening in South Alabama.]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Gil Gutknecht]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/gilgutknecht/2026/04/20/in-alabama-big-gambling-is-all-in-n2674717<![CDATA[After the war in Iran started on February 28, Pope Leo XIV issued “muted appeals for peace and dialogue” for several weeks. However, his tone changed when he delivered a stern homily on March 29, Palm Sunday. He said, “Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood.”]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Crouere]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2026/04/20/the-pope-has-an-epiphany-n2674715<![CDATA["We are either a united people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all matters of general concern act as a Nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer act as a farce by pretending to it." — George Washington, 30 November 1785, Letter to James Madison]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Allen West]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2026/04/20/american-values-n2674707<![CDATA[“If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?” –James Madison]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Lewis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/04/20/wisdom-from-the-founders-why-eric-swalwell-should-never-have-been-elected-in-the-first-place-n2674705