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Tom Basile

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Tom Basile is the host of "America Right Now" on Newsmax Television. Throughout his decades in government, politics, media and business he’s earned a reputation for credibility, candor and common sense conservatism. During this career his columns have been published in a range of outlets including Forbes and Fox News. He previously hosted "Sunday in America" for SiriusXM Radio. Basile served in the administration of President George W. Bush in various capacities including as an advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad for which he received the Joint Civilian Service Commendation from the Department of Defense. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed "Tough Sell: Fighting the Media War in Iraq" as well as "Let it Sink In: The Decade of Obama and Trump." He served as Executive Director of the New York State Republican Party from 2009-2011 and is a veteran of local, state and national campaigns.
Basile is a member of the New York Bar and an Advisory Board Member of the Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs at Hofstra University. He is a Knight Commander with Star in the Roman Catholic Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and is a member of the Knights of Columbus. Basile and his family live in Tennessee where he runs a strategic communications firm. Learn more about him at www.TomBasile.com. He can be reached at commentary@tombasile.com.

Columns by Tom Basile

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at New York's Yankee Stadium, Monday, July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Andrew Cuomos are everywhere

New York's 'kissing Caligula' might finally meet his political end. The sordid details give us a glimpse into the ugly side of our political system, but they also provide us with a lesson.

August 6, 2021
American Optimism and Old-Time Diner Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

America faded and worn but optimism remains

In a hot and dry southwest Oklahoma town stands a weathered sign towering above the landscape. Decades ago, it welcomed patrons to a bustling drive-in restaurant.

July 30, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, flanked by Rep. Benny Thompson, D-Miss., left, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., right, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, about legislation to create an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol complex. Thompson is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and negotiated a bipartisan bill outlining a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pelosi’s Trump impeachment 3.0

Nancy Pelosi's twilight years may thus far be bereft of achievement from a governance standpoint, but her status as a formidable political tactician remains intact.

July 16, 2021
Protesting Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines and Masks at Colleges Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Unmask college COVID-19 mandates

The airports are filling up, restaurants are packed, gyms are open, and people are heading back to church. America is finally being unmasked.

June 18, 2021
Illustration on Israel's removal of Bibi Netanyahu by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Israel’s Trump problem

There's an unholy alliance in the Holy Land. One can't help but see potential danger lurking for Israel in the same kind of desperate political moves we saw here in 2020.

June 11, 2021
Illustration on participation trophy culture in corporate America by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Woke at work mob has executives running scared

Recently, prominent tech firm Basecamp attempted to limit political discussions at work. Company executives were pilloried for trying to get employees to focus more on doing their jobs rather than social and political agendas.

May 21, 2021
Suburban Middle-Class Reckoning Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

America’s suburban middle-class reckoning is near

Growing up in the 1970s and '80s, the heyday of the American shopping mall, communities wore their stores like a badge of honor. If you had a Macy's or a Sears nearby, it was a big attraction.

May 7, 2021
The Democrat Cult of "Everything Free" Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Combating Biden and Democrats’ ‘Cult of Free’

In what looked like a post-apocalyptic scene out of a B-movie where more than half the government had disappeared, President Biden came to the Capitol to affirm his leadership of the "Cult of Free."

April 30, 2021