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townhall.com > columnists > benshapiro > 02/18/2026 > rubios-case-for-a-stronger-west-n2671524

Rubio's Case for a Stronger West

2+ hour, 20+ min ago  (654+ words) Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that stood out not for its bombast but for its clarity. In a room filled with political figures from across the Atlantic " and from both…...

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townhall.com > columnists > tomknighton > 02/18/2026 > randy-fine-said-nothing-wrong-n2671507

Randy Fine Said Nothing Wrong

3+ hour, 51+ min ago  (376+ words) It's 2026, and the last thing I thought we'd be having to do in this day and age is defend dogs. Well, we're actually defending an elected official who defended dogs, but that's a technicality. Anyway, Rep. Randy Fine of Florida…...

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townhall.com > columnists > georgelandrith > 02/18/2026 > californias-gasoline-prices-arent-a-jones-act-problem-theyre-a-california-policy-problem-n2671461

California’s Gasoline Prices Aren’t a Jones Act Problem — They’re a California Policy Problem

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (651+ words) When gasoline prices spike in California, commentators reflexively search for a villain that can be blamed without confronting the state's own policy failures. The latest example is a Fortune article suggesting that recent supply disruptions " and California's chronically high gas…...

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townhall.com > columnists > johnandandyschlafly > 02/18/2026 > ai-companies-arent-our-masters-yet-n2671462

AI Companies Aren’t Our Masters, Yet

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (701+ words) Trump's spectacular capture in January of Nicol's Maduro, the Communist dictator of Venezuela, was reportedly assisted by artificial intelligence (AI). Specifically, the AI program Claude is used in our military, and in 8 of the 10 largest companies. Secretary of War Pete…...

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townhall.com > columnists > alanjosephbauer > 02/18/2026 > theyll-never-learn-n2671452

They'll Never Learn

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (1333+ words) Failures at massive scale can only teach if people are willing to learn.It was reported recently that Disney lost $170... Failures at massive scale can only teach if people are willing to learn. It was reported recently that Disney lost…...

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townhall.com > columnists > larryprovost > 02/18/2026 > jesse-jackson-a-worthy-opponent-and-unlikely-friend-n2671473

Jesse Jackson: A Worthy Opponent and Unlikely Friend

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (389+ words) The passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson is felt by a variety of Americans, those who loved him for his views, those who did not, and those who loved him as a person. It was in the last of those categories…...

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townhall.com > columnists > scotthogenson > 02/18/2026 > is-hate-reading-fueling-transgender-violence-n2671466

Is ‘Hate Reading’ Fueling Transgender Violence?

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (398+ words) I've received hate mail since I started writing columns in the late 1990s as the founding editor of the Media Research Center's CNSNews.com. Then, as now, I shrugged it off as unserious correspondence from unserious people, while taking occasional satisfaction…...

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townhall.com > columnists > johnstossel > 02/18/2026 > western-ideas-work-n2671467

Western Ideas Work

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (306+ words) Author Heather Mac Donald takes a lot of heat. She writes about race, crime, diversity, gender, merit -- and says things that got her shouted down on college campuses. She points out the absurdity of the left's attack on Western civilization....

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townhall.com > columnists > barry-poulson > 02/18/2026 > restore-upward-mobility-by-restoring-the-dream-of-home-ownership-n2671456

Restore Upward Mobility by Restoring the Dream of Home Ownership

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (429+ words) The dream of home ownership is disappearing for many Americans. Inflationary increases in home prices, property taxes, home insurance and other costs of maintaining a home are pricing many citizens out of the housing market." This is especially true for…...

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townhall.com > columnists > timgraham > 02/18/2026 > no-space-for-homan-on-locating-missing-migrant-children-n2671463

No Space for Homan on Locating Missing Migrant Children

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (465+ words) When President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan held a press conference on Feb. 12 to announce a drawdown in federal enforcement in Minnesota, he reported that during their surge, ICE agents "located 3,364 missing unaccompanied alien children -- children that the last…...