Tom Basile

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.

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Columns by Tom Basile

The temple lamp and the light of the world

For only the fifth time in the last 125 years, Christmas and the first night of Hannukah coincide. Published December 21, 2024

Don’t be too sure DEI is DOA

Over the last year, Americans have demonstrated clearly that they're fed up with DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion, one of the top mantras of the "woke" politics of the American left. Published December 13, 2024

New York and Chicago: A tale of two cities on immigration

Embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams came out this week in favor of cooperation with the incoming Trump administration to capture and remove criminal aliens from the streets of America's largest city. Published December 6, 2024

Nominating Bhattacharya to lead NIH a victory for science

Democrats have been claiming for years that Republicans, and specifically President-elect Donald Trump, are anti-science. Published December 1, 2024

Trump’s free speech push means a revival of religious liberty

Cars, computers, technology, aircraft and oil -- as a nation, we export so many things that are critical to life. Our most important exports, however, are our values. Published November 22, 2024

Harris and Walz: The expendables

Democrats will strike back with a vengeance if Mr. Trump doesn't deliver on tax reform, free speech, border security and global stability. Published November 15, 2024

Trump takes a crowbar to Obama coalition

With another election, the resiliency of the American system continues to inspire. Americans have shown not only themselves but the world that they know the formula for American exceptionalism. Published November 8, 2024

This election is about more than one person: It’s about a way of life

Not since the late 1880s have we had a presidential election where each candidate has a White House record to run on. Published November 1, 2024

Harris as president should terrify you

Vice President Kamala Harris' closing argument to voters is brimming with celebrities who have about as much in common with regular Americans as President Barack Obama does with inner-city Black voters. Published October 28, 2024

Harris’ big plantation

Democrats are panicking. In their all-out effort to get their candidate elected, they've turned again to the kind of rhetoric that is patently insulting to America's Black community. Published October 19, 2024

Divide over election integrity threatens system

The great American voter purge is happening, and it's a good thing. Published October 11, 2024

Israel seized mantle of global leadership after massacre

It has been a year of deep sorrow in Israel, where the people of this small outpost of freedom have again been forced to walk in the valley of death at the hands of radical Islamic terrorism. Published October 4, 2024

Zelenskyy picks the wrong side

Descending the steps of a U.S. Air Force C-17 recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stepped into Pennsylvania and battleground state presidential politics. Published September 27, 2024

In wacky 2024, Trump is the pragmatic moderate

Alberto Gonzalez recently penned an op-ed in Politico in which he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the nation, despite admitting, "We do not yet know exactly how Harris will govern if she is elected." Published September 20, 2024

U.S. does not need a president

When it comes to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, you can't help but wonder who is really calling the shots. Published September 6, 2024

Trump campaign and Republicans need to go guerrilla

It's September, which means the presidential campaign is mercifully in the final stretch. Former President Donald Trump is attempting to stay on message with varying degrees of effectiveness. Republicans are lawyering up. They're registering voters and encouraging supporters to vote early and by mail. It's a marked change from 2020. Published August 30, 2024