Jan 26, 2012 – Angela Merkel has cast doubt for the first time on Europe's chances of saving Greece from financial meltdown and sovereign default, conceding that Europe's first ever multibillion euro bailout coupled with savage austerity was not working after a two-year crisis that has brought the single currency to the brink of...

Jan 26, 2012 – Editor's note: This piece was authored by Brion McClanahan. In case you missed it, and many did, President Barack Obama gave his annual “State of the Union” address last night. All the pageantry, the pomp…the demagoguery, what’s not to watch? In light of President Obama’s promises and agenda, perhaps...

Jan 25, 2012 – Editor's Note: This column was authored by Todd Tiahrt. One didn’t need to be a political insider to know that in this year’s State of the Union the president would address the public’s concern over scarcity of jobs and an unsteady economy. Attempts to assuage these worries included overviews...

Jan 25, 2012 – So far, during the presidency of Barack Obama, the price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 83 percent, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. During the same period, the price of ground beef has gone up 24 percent and price of bacon has gone up...

Jan 25, 2012 – WASHINGTON - From postal workers to congressional staffers, federal workers failed to pay billions in taxes in 2010. According to records released by the Internal Revenue Service, active and retired federal employees and military personnel combined owed $3,420,168,684 in unpaid taxes for 2010, an increase of more than 3 percent...

Jan 25, 2012 – Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) dismissed President Obama's State of the Union address as "just another campaign speech" and said the president wasn't sincere about wanting to work with Congress during an interview Wednesday on the "Laura Ingraham Show." "The president acted last night as if this was the...

Jan 25, 2012 – In tactics similar to ones used by a former ACORN group in New York City during the Occupy Wall Street movement, a Chicago-based not-for-profit paid people to attend protests that backed the closing of public schools. Two of the “rent-a-protestors” reportedly blew the whistle on the Hope Organization, claiming...

Jan 25, 2012 – Google will soon know far more about who you are and what you do on the Web. The Web giant announced Tuesday that it plans to follow the activities of users across nearly all of its ubiquitous sites, including YouTube, Gmail and its leading search engine. Google has...

Jan 25, 2012 – Rather than deal with the complexities of U.S. tax law, Americans living overseas are increasingly renouncing their citizenship in order to avoid paying their income taxes. According to National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson, approximately 4,000 people gave up their citizenship from fiscal year 2005 to FY 2010....

Jan 25, 2012 – What gets into a State of Union matters. What doesn’t matters too — sometimes just as much. President Barack Obama embraced his base Tuesday night by affirming his commitment to Israel, clean energy, economic equality and immigration. He also placated his supporters by avoiding a few sensitive subjects....

Jan 25, 2012 – WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it was likely to raise interest rates at the end of 2014, but not until then, adding another 18 months to the expected duration of its most basic and longest-running response to the financial crisis. The announcement means that the...

Jan 25, 2012 – Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said he doesn’t expect President Barack Obama to ask him to stay in office if he’s re-elected, and he dismissed Wall Street’s concerns about financial regulations. “He’s not going to ask me to stay on, I’m pretty confident,” Geithner said in an interview with...

Jan 25, 2012 – For Townhall readers we’ve published our 2012 model portfolio for Trading and Aggressive Growth.…

Jan 25, 2012 – Frank Turek, well-known to Townhall readers), here are just three from 2010 and 2011.…

Jan 24, 2012 – Also, as usual, the Townhall/Hot Air team will be live tweeting tonight, so be sure to a follow along with us and leave your thoughts…

Jan 24, 2012 – CNN’s John King was correct to bring up Newt Gingrich’s divorce and his ex-wife’s comments about “open marriage.”  Discussions of the candidates personal life are fair game to allow the public to fully understand the character of those that want to run in this next Presidential election. But Barack Obama’s...

Jan 23, 2012 – Editor's note: posted by Laura Schaefer. Don’t be too surprised if the mainstream media, like CNN, ignores the fact that thousands of pro-life defenders are peacefully marching in Washington D.C. today. Amidst rain and weather that dropped well into the thirties, thousands gathered to stand up for life following...

Jan 23, 2012 – Hear from inside the ATF about the corruption that's ruining the agency and that helped lead to Operation Fast and Furious ... hear from one of the leading ladies on the Hill about how she's communicating conservative values to a 21st century audience ... all by ordering Townhall's February 2012...

Jan 22, 2012 – Editor's Note: This column was written by Job Creators Alliance member and former NFL quarterback Fran Tarkenton. Manufacturing is on its way back in America. Growth in this sector is great news for America, and especially great news for small business people. For a long time, it’s been...

Jan 21, 2012 – He is also leading in Florida, according to Townhall Polltracker data.…

Jan 21, 2012 – Stay tuned to Townhall for election results starting at 7 pm EST at townhall.com/elections.…

Jan 21, 2012 – His debate performance this past Thursday was given a C- by Townhall Managing Editor Kevin Glass, who considered Romney's showing the…

Jan 21, 2012 – Editor's Note: This column was written by Chase Downham. Economic freedom is often conflated with “business interests.” In reality, economic freedom is about promoting the individual’s interest. The Indiana State Legislature has great opportunity this year to advance economic freedom for our state’s individual workers. Economic freedom...

Feb 9, 2012 – Stay tuned to Townhall for exclusive video interviews with the Townhall team and your favorite conservative minds. …

Feb 9, 2012 – End of NightWatch NightWatch is brought to the readers of Townhall Finance by Kforce Government Solutions, Inc.…