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Metal Rain and Tired Folks

Metal Rain and Tired Folks

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a big piece of an Iranian ballistic missile. Every war comes with some new challenges. In the last round...

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Alan Joseph Bauer

The Things We Take for Granted

The Things We Take for Granted

The U.S. is an amazing superpower, one that most Americans simply take for granted. When Stalin closed the land and rail approaches to Berlin, he...

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I'll Take a Side Order of Lies With That

I'll Take a Side Order of Lies With That

When we play by different rules, victory is much harder to achieve. Imagine a wide receiver intentionally stepping out of bounds, running behind his...

16.03.2026 2

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We've Seen This Movie Before

We've Seen This Movie Before

Finish and win wars, then deal with the civilians. There was a skit on Saturday Night Live a long time ago when it was still funny. A couple of...

15.03.2026 5

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Alan Joseph Bauer

The Slave America Act

The Slave America Act

And it really is an act in light of all of the excuses why the Senate can’t pass a bill that everyone wants. Most of us tend to procrastinate or get...

14.03.2026 4

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Alan Joseph Bauer

Yeah, You Forgot About God

Yeah, You Forgot About God

One big factor—the biggest factor—is often forgotten. I see from comments that many, if not most, of Townhall readers are familiar with the Old...

12.03.2026 6

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Between a Mullah and a Hard Place

Between a Mullah and a Hard Place

What is the U.S. long plan? Douglas MacArthur has been described as an American Caesar. He was given Japan to rehabilitate, and the success of modern...

11.03.2026 3

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The Democrats’ Republic of Iran

The Democrats’ Republic of Iran

Democrats from Carter to Biden aided and abetted the rise and growth of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was reported that FDR once said about a...

10.03.2026 4

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Alan Joseph Bauer

A Total Disgrace

A Total Disgrace

Tucker Carlson attacks the moral goodness of the U.S. armed forces. A while back, I heard the story of a British officer who led his men into Germany....

09.03.2026 1

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Alan Joseph Bauer

Everyone's in on It

Everyone's in on It

Everyone is getting in on the Iran bombing campaign. Twelve O’clock High was a movie that was later spun into a TV series. The producers had...

08.03.2026 3

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Anchors Away!

Anchors Away!

After 81 years, a U.S. hunter-killer sub torpedoes an enemy surface combatant. The fact that the United States Navy went 81 years without firing a...

07.03.2026 4

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So, What Is Normal?

I don’t know if I have an answer to that question. Oftentimes, we do not appreciate until later—much later—how good we had it. If someone like...

05.03.2026 0

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Alan Joseph Bauer

The Iranian Two-Step

The missile barrages now have their own pattern and protocol, though the number of alerts has been going down daily. On Sunday, an Iranian missile hit...

04.03.2026 4

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I Hate You More Than I Love Them

Our former heroes on the Right have made up their mind: they hate Israel more than they love the United States. Imagine going to a restaurant and...

03.03.2026 3

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Alan Joseph Bauer

Townhall Is Unique

People lie or obfuscate when they don’t have a good argument. I am humbly and thankfully not perfect. The summer before my first year of high...

03.03.2026 10

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Punctuated Living

We live in an age where we no longer share the same reality. I thought that the war would start sometime after 10 PM on Friday. That would correspond...

02.03.2026 10

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Candace Carlson

Back in the day, we had family friends who told us an interesting story. They were on a direct Chicago-Düsseldorf Lufthansa flight. As they were...

01.03.2026 20

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Alan Joseph Bauer

The Antisemitism Broken Record

13.02.2026 10

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Alan Joseph Bauer

Ingrates R’ Us

12.02.2026 5

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Technological Sweet Spot

11.02.2026 10

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When Canadians Were Actually Funny

10.02.2026 5

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Same Old, Same Old

09.02.2026 9

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The War on Warring

08.02.2026 6

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If Epstein Did Not Exist, They Would Have Had to Invent Him

06.02.2026 8

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Iran's Many Moving Parts

05.02.2026 9

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Patience, Folks, Patience

04.02.2026 10

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Billie Hellish

03.02.2026 7

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Make America America Again

02.02.2026 20

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The Gift That Keeps on Giving

01.02.2026 10

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Cultural Apocalypse

30.01.2026 30

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Cultural Apocalypse

30.01.2026 4

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Holocaust + 80

29.01.2026 10

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That’s Not Who We Are Except for Now

28.01.2026 7

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A Once-in-a-Lifetime Teachable Moment

27.01.2026 6

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Not All Pirates Are Somali

26.01.2026 10

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When We Choose to Fool Ourselves

25.01.2026 30

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Dr. Trump Visits the Sick Men of Europe

23.01.2026 8

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Welcome to the Old World Order

22.01.2026 20

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The Reality of the Middle East

21.01.2026 10

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America's Three-Party System

20.01.2026 7

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The Minnesota Monsters

19.01.2026 40

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Israel Misunderstood

18.01.2026 10

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The Bay of Figs

16.01.2026 10

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Tintin Was Deadly Wrong

15.01.2026 30

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Like Two Ships Passing in the Night

14.01.2026 10

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Something Doesn’t Add Up

13.01.2026 10

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Watching History Unfold

12.01.2026 8

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They Can Hate Israel All They Want

11.01.2026 40

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Should Capitalism Have Any Guardrails?

09.01.2026 50

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A Bigger Problem

08.01.2026 10

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