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townhall.com > columnists > scott-atlas > 09/14/2026 > refractory-to-facts-cognitive-dissonance-and-the-permanence-of-false-belief-n2682868

Refractory to Facts: Cognitive Dissonance and the Permanence of False Belief

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (384+ words) In October 2020, from inside the White House, I stopped attending the Coronavirus Task Force meetings. I wrote to the vice president’s office in frustration that I had no time to spend teaching people who were “refractory to facts.” I did…...

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townhall.com > columnists > marklewis > 09/14/2026 > why-people-prefer-socialism-to-capitalism-n2682900

Why People Prefer Socialism to Capitalism

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (458+ words) Everybody says they want freedom, but most people really don’t, mainly because they don’t know what true freedom is. And if they did, they would—and do — reject it. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom,” Benjamin Franklin wrote,…...

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townhall.com > columnists > allenwest > 09/14/2026 > the-disingenuous-ideal-of-marxist-affordability-n2682883

The Disingenuous Ideal of Marxist Affordability

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (132+ words) Marxists want economic enslavement, not individual empowerment. They want to confiscate private property and end property ownership. It is, after all, not affordable. They do not want to create opportunities for individual success and achievement. Remember, if you own a…...

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townhall.com > columnists > arthurschaper > 09/14/2026 > 25-years-later-n2682801

25 Years Later

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (521+ words) Twenty-five years later, 9/11 still lingers in our nation’s memory, though not as strongly as it should. 9/11 was the third time our country sustained an attack from a foreign state on our soil. The others occurred during the War of 1812, with…...

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townhall.com > columnists > rachelalexander > 09/14/2026 > barfare-will-the-supreme-court-reverse-the-disbarment-of-john-eastman-n2682905

Barfare: Will SCOTUS Reverse the Disbarment of John Eastman?

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (298+ words) Authored by the powerful Jay Sekulow of the ACLJ and Alex Haberbush of the Constitutional Counsel Group, the 53-page brief argued that Eastman was disbarred for exercising core political speech. Strict scrutiny requires a compelling interest in order to punish…...

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townhall.com > news > mattvespa > 09/13/2026 > this-was-a-great-tribute-on-the-25th-anniversary-of-the-911-attacks-n2682911

This Was a Great Tribute on the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks

5+ hour, 9+ min ago   (365+ words) Alexander Hall, a senior producer with Fox Weather, captured the moment: a bagpiper in Jersey City paid his respects, marching to the waterfront, where you can catch a great view of One World Trade Center. It provided a helluva image....

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townhall.com > news > josephchalfant > 09/13/2026 > ai-leaders-call-for-regulation-of-the-industry-n2682890

AI Leaders Call for Regulation of the Industry

18+ hour, 39+ min ago   (191+ words) OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI have made the sudden decision to call for regulation of the artificial intelligence industry and are now advocating for a slow in the development of new agents. We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new…...

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townhall.com > columnists > terrypaulson > 09/13/2026 > be-a-contagious-supporter-for-team-trump-part-two-n2682862

Be a Contagious Supporter for Team Trump Part Two

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (330+ words) Trump has used increased tariffs to incentivize a surge in foreign investment commitments of over 20 trillion dollars flowing into the United States. Instead of subsidizing other countries by paying their tariffs, companies and countries are building factories here to avoid…...

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townhall.com > columnists > jackkerwick > 09/13/2026 > what-is-patriotism-n2682888

What Is Patriotism?

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (903+ words) This 25th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack ever on American soil may be as good an occasion as any to pay a moment’s attention to the subject of patriotism. As the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre correctly noted, patriotism, first and…...

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townhall.com > columnists > franke-lasee > 09/12/2026 > ai-and-the-electricity-grid-a-stress-test-showing-the-cracks-n2682722

AI and the Electricity Grid: A Stress Test Showing the Cracks

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (655+ words) Artificial intelligence just handed America a warning about its electric grid. We should be grateful for it. For 20 years, electricity demand stayed roughly flat. Policymakers pushed utilities toward wind and solar while sidelining coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants, the…...