Tom Basile
Columns by Tom Basile
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
Biden aside is an unmitigated victory for the far left
Straining to smile, President Biden was led backstage after a speech that was delayed, angry and bitter -- a reflection of a man who failed to lead and who had been politically marginalized since his administration began. Published August 25, 2024
The Trump we need to see: Campaign as if running for town council
Democrats want you to believe that the most unpopular vice president in history, widely panned as incompetent, is suddenly some combination of President Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein. Published August 16, 2024
Harris’ biblical problem: Who is she, and what does she believe?
Today's Democrats love wrapping themselves in the cloak of piety when election season rolls around, only to quickly jettison much talk of God once in power. Published August 9, 2024
Media give J.D. Vance the Charlottesville treatment
When it comes to manipulating information to demonize Republicans, Democrats and their friends in the press stick the landing every time. Published August 3, 2024
Yes, God saved Trump
A slight turn of the head. Less than a half an inch. That's all that stood between life and death for former President Donald Trump on July 13 in a Pennsylvania field. Published July 19, 2024
Is Biden America’s Cincinnatus?
President Biden says he's not going anywhere, but the man famous for taking every position on every issue has demonstrated he can certainly change his mind. Published July 12, 2024
Democrats’ fraud and deception: Dangerous times for America
We find ourselves in uncharted waters again just months before a presidential election. What may happen next could be truly seismic and further corrosive to the nation. Published July 7, 2024
The case for Pompeo
If Democrats had any sense, they'd figure out how to replace President Biden with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear or someone younger and virtually unknown that they can manufacture into their next savior. Do that, and Vice President Kamala Harris could be replaced by a toaster. Published June 27, 2024
