Archive for TJ Basile

It’s Time To Get Serious About Curbing Political Corruption

Thomas J. Basile, Contributor Forbes.com | 4/24/2013 @ 8:00AM The latest round of arrests and indictments for public corruption in New York, including a Democrat State Senator, Democrat Assemblyman, Republican City Councilman and two GOP party [...]

Once Effective, The Tea Party Has Become Toxic

Thomas J. Basile, Contributor | Forbes.com  4/04/2013 @ 10:57AM A week or so ago a small group of right wing activists calling themselves the Tea Party Fire Ants staged a boycott of Fox News that received [...]

Four Reasons Why An American Pope Makes Sense For The Catholic Church

Forbes.com OP/ED | 3/07/2013 @ 8:00AM The Papacy is the dominant symbol of the continuity, consistency and resiliency of the institution of the Catholic Church.  The Pope is the chief spokesperson for the Church and as such he impacts [...]

The Best Gun Control Measure Is Always A Job

Thomas J. Basile | Forbes.com Contributor | 2/27/2013 @ 8:00AM The President is in full campaign mode crisscrossing the nation talking about the need to curb gun violence through a host of new gun control measures.  Characteristically he’s [...]

How Will Obama Clinton Tension Play Out?

By Thomas J. Basile – The Daily Caller -On Wednesday evening, Bill Clinton will deliver a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention. The former president loves the limelight and ordinarily would relish every minute of [...]

Five Things You Won’t Hear at the Democratic National Convention

By Thomas J. Basile for FoxNews.com–Much of last week’s Republican National Convention focused on giving Americans a dose of reality about the real state of our country and the fiscal crisis that is threatening our very [...]

Winning on the Numbers

By Thomas J. Basile – TJBasile.com – Yesterday, President Obama did the first smart thing he’s done this whole election cycle. I’m not big on giving Obama credit for things, but this move must be instructional [...]

Ghosts of Iraq Haunt Obama Campaign

By Thomas J. Basile – The Washington Times – - America’s mission in Iraq may have ended but the Iraq War is far from over for President Obama. During his brief tenure in the Senate, Mr. [...]