Tom Ostrom

KROC-AM political commentator Tom Ostrom is in Washington D.C. this week to participate in the official celebration of the 225th anniversary of the formation of the U.S. Coast Guard.

The Confederate flag reflects slavery and other Civil War causes. Slaveholders and non-slaveholders fought for both the Confederacy and Union. Lincoln said if he could save the Union by either maintaining or abolishing slavery, he would. Lincoln’s belated Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves where he couldn’t (the deep South), and didn’t where he could (Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, Kentucky, Wa

The racist-terrorist who killed 9 exemplary members of the Black congregation in Charleston deserves the death penalty if an insanity plea doesn’t spare him. But banning the Confederate flag is a ludicrous response.

Ideological Quarrels Challenge the Obama Administration

Tom Ostrom is well known to KROC-AM listeners for his twice-a-week appearances with Andy Brownell on the Rochester Today show, but he is also known nationally as the author of respected books about the U.S. Coast Guard.

An ongoing effort to convene a Convention of States to pursue amendments to the U.S. Constitution became the focus of the discussions Tuesday during the Rochester Today show with Tom Ostrom and Andy Brownell on KROC-AM.

Some Democrats Agree with Netanyahu and the 47 Republican Letter Writers The letter of 47 Republican senators to Iran was called obstructionist. But Democrat solons negotiated with U.S. adversaries in the Reagan-Bush years. The liberal New York Times and Washington Post (April 4-5, 2007) cited administration objections to Speaker Pelosi’s “counterproductive” visit with Syrian dictator Assad that s

Tom Ostrom often revels in bringing up absurd examples of political correctness during his regular appearances (every Tuesday and Friday) on Rochester Today with Andy Brownell on KROC-AM.

Discussion about the virtues of President Harry Truman led to further discussion about political corruption during the Rochester Today show Friday morning on KROC-AM.

It is often said that the cover-up was worse than the crime when discussing the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, which led to some comparisons to Hillary Rodham Clinton's so-called "Emailgate" troubles during Tuesday's Rochester Today Show with Tom Ostrom and Andy Brownell on KROC-AM.

Kudos to Harry Reid, Retiring Democrat Senate Minority Leader Kudos to the now Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, the scrapper and former pugilist from Searchlight, Nevada. The maximal obstructionist managed parliamentary rules as Majority Leader to block hundreds Republican proposals and amendments...

U.S. policy in the Middle East has long favored Israel and was aimed at promoting stability in the region, but based on current events, it appears that policy has been inverted.

It appears the Obama administration and the Iranian government are getting closer to reaching an agreement on the general outline of a deal involving Iran's nuclear program, but whether it would be a good deal for the United States is, at the very least, questionable.

Democrat Double Standards on Senate Letter to Iran’s Ayatollahs President Obama’s contempt for Congress, and his ignoring Constitutional doctrines of “Separation of Powers” and “Checks and Balances,” are illustrated by his “executive amnesties,” and stated intent to ignore Congress with his“non-treaty” with Iran about nuclear weapons and sanctions; while seeking UN approval.