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Tom Basile

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.

Columns by Tom Basile

Biden's Democratic city bailout illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s big blue city bailout

Between 1892 and 1954, 12 million legal immigrants passed through the halls of Ellis Island. In just three years, President Biden has allowed some 9 million illegals across the border. Published January 26, 2024

Christmas and the Nativity illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The blessing of an American Christmas

America at Christmastime provides us with moments that bring us closer to God. It should also help us realize how blessed we are that, by the Lord's grace, we live in this great country. Published December 15, 2023

Israel peace and fighting terrorists illustration illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Israel has played the game of hope and change long enough

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir had a choice to make. It was 1972, and Israeli athletes had just been murdered at the Summer Olympics in Munich. Echoes of the Holocaust resounded after the massacre. Published December 1, 2023

Serve God and country by defending America's holidays this Christmas season illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Serve God and country by defending America’s holidays

Early on, a critical part of the Bolsheviks' attempt to change Russian culture was to attack and change the country's traditional holidays. That should sound familiar in 2023 America. Published November 24, 2023

Glenn Youngkin's exaggerated demise illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s exaggerated demise

In the two weeks since the election, media outlets on the left and right have announced with the glee of children on Christmas morning that Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin had met some terrible political end. Published November 17, 2023

Al Rashid bombing and Lt. Col. Charles H. “Chad” Buehring illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Memories of sacrifice 20 years after the Al Rashid bombing

Many might remember the Al Rashid Hotel. It was the place from which CNN's Peter Arnett broadcast the start of the first Gulf War with the famous line, "The skies are lighting up over Baghdad," back in 1991, Published October 27, 2023