Townhall Review | Conservative Commentary On Today's News

Mike Gallagher turned to Meir [mayor] Weingarten, President of Ariel Tours to discuss events in Israel. Hugh Hewitt spoke with Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer. Dennis Prager on the disturbing worldview of Hamas. Bill Bennett gained a perspective from Mark Kirkorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies. Dennis Prager interacted with an opinion piece from Charles Krauthammer’s that simplifies the whole border matter. Michael Medved on Obama's foreign affairs record. Bill Bennett turned Mark Mills, an energy expert and Sr. Fellow with the Manhattan Institute to discuss the U.S. passing Saudi Arabia in fossil fuels. Medved and Marco Rubio on the Senate's proposal to repeal the legislation that was the legal basis for the SCOTUS Hobby Lobby decision.

Michael Medved spoke with Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Tom Cotton with Hugh Hewitt on Obama's national security. Historian and all-around ridiculously smart guy Sam Tanenhaus with Hewitt on the production and distribution of conservative ideas. Medved on Obama's presidential ranking among presidents since WWII. Dennis Prager on Burger King's pro-homosexual Whopper wrapper. Mike Gallagher talks with Ann Coulter about her recent controversial World Cup soccer columns. Prager says that attempts to remove "Redskins" from the NFL team is a leftist problem, not an American one.

Hugh Hewitt and John Eastman on the SCOTUS Hobby Lobby decision. On Hobby Lobby: Hewitt with David Cortman, senior counsel and vice-president of religious liberty with Alliance Defending Freedom. Michael Medved spoke with Jonathan Medved, brother of Michael and resident of Israel. Hewitt with Israeli ambassador Ron Dermer. Medved on Hobby Lobby reaction from the Left. SCOTUS says public sector unions can’t collect fees from home health care workers who object to being affiliated with a union--Bill Bennett and Terry Pell, president of the Center for Individual Rights discuss. Medved on the latest ridiculous notion from the Left: baby gender assignment is "brutality."

Michael Medved plays clips from Rep. Gowdey's skewering of the IRS Chief. Bill Bennett talks with John Eastman, whose organization was unlawfully treated by the IRS. Elliot Abrams tells Dennis Prager that Barack Obama broke the Middle East. Vice President Dick Cheney is on the Hugh Hewitt Show. John Fund explains how Attorney General Eric Holder is Obama's "enforcer." Mike Gallagher takes note of a courageous Medal of Honor recipient.

Bill Bennett spoke with a man who served in Iraq: Florida Congressman Ron DeSantis. Dennis Prager sought answers regarding the Iraq situation from military expert Max Boot. Bennett turned to Tom Jocelyn of LongWarJournal.org. John Hinderacker of Powerline.com shared his concerns about the Obama IRS, and now, FBI scandal with Dennis Prager. [As Daniel Henninger wriote: "The Watergate break-in was the professionals of the party in power going after the party professionals of the party out of power. The IRS scandal is the party in power going after the most average Americans imaginable."] Medved with Jason Riley, a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board, has a new book, “Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make it Harder for Blacks to Succeed.” Medved invited Colonel Oliver North in to discuss the likely outcome of continued dis-engagement from the American military.

Dennis Prager with John Fund on Cantor's defeat. Joe Scarborough and Hugh Hewitt on Cantor. David Drucker and Hewitt on who will replace Cantor as Majority Leader. Bill Bennett and Oliver North on Obama's Iraq failure. Bennett spoke to Chester Finn, his former Assistant Director at the Department of Education and now a Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution--they discussed the problem of tenured teachers. Dinesh D'Souza and Mike Gallagher on Dinesh's new book and up-and-coming movie, "America: Imagine a World Without Her." Prager on how our comic superheros have all turned to the left-wing: Superman is no longer for the "American Way" but a "U.N. guy." Bill Bennett and Trent Franks on Obama's presidential carnage.

Michael Medved with Colonel Ralph Peters on the Taliban's Bergdahl release. Bill Bennett spoke with military historian Max Boot about the Bergdahl situation. Michael Medved and Senator Marco Rubio discussed Obama's unilateral decision to release 5 Gitmo prisoners. Hugh Hewitt and CNN's Jake Tapper discuss Tapper's excellent reporting on Bergdahl's release. Bennett and James Pethokoukis (blogger for the American Enterprise Institute) discuss Obama's failure to lift the American economy. Medved on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's excellent commencement address at Harvard where he calls-out the PC, one-way thinking approach to teaching at our universities; and, as Bloomberg most pointedly accuses, at ivy league colleges. Dennis Prager destroys Obama's lame attempt to push his climate change agenda.

Dennis Prager on the Santa Barbara massacre. Michael Medved on massacre. Hugh Hewitt and Gov. John Kasich on the VA scandal. Medved and Bobby Jindal on the VA/Obamacare relation. Prager on the marriage battle. Hugh Hewitt and Pete Wehner on Obama lousy speech at West Point. Prager on Middle School canceling Honors Night.

Bill Bennett and WaPo's Robert Costa on the primary election results. Michael Medved was encouraged by the primary election results. Pete Wehner calls the VA scandal "Epic Incompetence," he was a guest on Bennett's show. Dennis Prager describes Obama's 4-point patented response to scandal in his administration. Middle East expert and AEI Scholar Michael Rubin recently brought Bennett up-to-date on the distressing developments in Libya. Medved and guest Phillip K. Howard on how the machinery of law, regulation and government has grown and now--instead of progress—gridlock and frustration are growing, even at the local level.

Bill Bennett talked about the VA scandal with healthcare expert and Forbes’ “Apothecary” blogger, Avik Roy. Hugh Hewitt with Michael Bender of Bloomberg who on whether the Dems attempt to exploit "income inequality" would backfire on them. Dennis Prager on the growing number of American businesses that FAIL.Hewitt and National Review’s Eliana Johnson on Rubio’s Resurgence. Hewitt and Frank Gaffne discuss Boko Haram. Bill Bennett and Attorney David Rivkin on Russia being the first sovereign state to violate its Geneva Convention commitment. Prager guest Timothy Groseclose was a tenured Political Science Professor at UCLA is out with a bold and provocative book: “Cheating: An Insider’s report in Use of Race in Admissions at UCLA.” Michael Medved compared President’s typically timid statement regarding Boko Haram with British Prime Minister Cameron’s vocal outrage.

Dennis Prager on the 5 to 4 Supreme Court deciding sectarian prayer at a government meeting can continue. Immediately following the Gowdy-to-be-head-of-Benghazi-Select-Committee announcement, Hugh Hewitt was joined by Paul Ryan to discuss Gowdy's Benghazi committee. Congressman Trey Gowdy, a fine appointment to Chair the Committee, was a guest on Bill Bennett’s show. Hewitt with National Review’s Andrew McCarthy, a former terrorist prosecuting U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York on Gowdy's Select Committee. Michael Medved spoke to one more-than-gifted woman on the war-on-boys subject: AEI’s Christina Hoff-Sommers—who published "The War Against Boys." Bill Bennett turned to Tom Jocselyn, a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and senior editor of TheLongWarJournal.com--they discussed the Boko Haram situation. Medved on the USA Today poll on the U.S. electorate--it looks good for the GOP.

Michael Medved and Karl Rove discuss the latest revelation from the Benghazi scandal. Columnist Byron York spoke with K.T. McFarland who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs under President Ronald Reagan--they discussed the latest on Putin's move in Ukraine. Medved on the NBA/Sterling fallout. Prager on NBA/Sterling fears America's unconcern with private conversations being subject to our employment status. Hugh Hewitt and Focus on the Family's, Jim Daly discuss their absolutely wonderful movie/documentary stressing the importance of fathers--it's titled “Irreplaceable,” and it's coming out on Tuesday. Rick Santorum talks his new book “Blue Collar Conservatives,” with Medved. Dennis Prager on the latest in marriage aberration: the "thruple."

Hugh Hewitt turned to Frank Dowse: a former military attaché to Ukraine and member of the Naval Special Warfare Command. Bill Bennett sorted through the incoherence in U.S. foreign policy regarding Al Qaeda with National Review’s Andrew McCarthy. A very influential money man has now emerged who might help explain the President’s Keystone Pipeline delay. Tom Steyer is a San Francisco-based billionaire who has pledged $100 million dollars supporting Democratic candidates who are opposed to Keystone. Bill Bennett's guest, John Hinderaker of Powerline Blog has been leading the way in exposing Steyer. Bill Bennett spoke about the startling development regarding NYC welfare with one of its originators, former New York City Commissioner, Robert Doar, now a scholar at AEI. Dennis Prager on how doctors themselves are now discouraging younger doctors from coming into the field. Michael Medved uncovered a recent study on the effects of marijuana use, as reported in USA Today.

Hugh Hewitt discussed the Ukraine problem with former Senator from Missouri, Jim Talent. Hewitt guest, Arkansas Rep. Tom Cotton is challenging Mark Pryor for the senate seat in his state. Salem radio host Michael Medved spoke with Gov. Bobby Jindal about O'care. Dennis Prager spoke with Wall Street Journal reporter Russell Gold who wrote the book “The Boom, How Fracking ignited the American energy revolution and changed the world,” they discussed the topic of fracking. Hewitt talked about the midterm election candidates with Fred Barnes, executive editor of the Weekly Standard. Dennis Prager on legendary baseball great Henry Aaron, admired by millions of fans, many of them Republican, comparing those who disagree with Obama with members of the KKK.

Michael Medved on Mozilla CEO, Brandon Eich getting fired over his $1,000 contribution to Prop 8. Dennis Prager sees a new sort of McCarthyism with Eich’s ousting. Paul Kenger—From Grove City College—discussed with Bill Bennett how one of the Pope’s gifts to the president ended up being re-gifted it to current recipient of the Margaret Sanger award, Nancy Pelosi. Bret Stephens from the Wall Street Journal and Hugh Hewitt on Putin’s movement. Bill Bennett turned to K.T. McFarland—a national security veteran with service to Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan to discuss American decline-ism. The South China Sea is the geographical centerpiece of the new book from Robert Kaplan—titled “Asia’s Cauldron.” Kaplan was on with Hewitt to discuss.