Tom Basile
Columns by Tom Basile
Hey, Republicans: Passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was the easy part
Many said it couldn't be done: one big bill that would incorporate huge chunks of the Republican agenda. Published July 15, 2025
Pope Leo, AI and the coming battle for human dignity
Artificial intelligence is the nuclear fission of the 21st century. Published June 6, 2025
Why Trump’s DOGE initiative needs more transparency
There was a time in this country when government service was a privilege, not something taken for granted. People served and were willing to sacrifice for the honor of serving the people. Published March 18, 2025
Decoding Trump’s brain
In this first month of the Trump presidency, we are seeing unfold something truly unusual in American politics. Published February 12, 2025
Biden’s massive body count
At noon on Jan. 20, on the West Front of the Capitol, a sad chapter of American history will come to an end. Americans will turn the page on the Biden administration. Published January 10, 2025
Trump’s ‘smart shock and awe’
Americans are revolting against "woke" orthodoxy, a dangerously tepid foreign policy, transgender cultism, diversity, equity and inclusion ideology, the censorship complex and soft-on-crime prosecutors. Published January 2, 2025
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