Robert Knight

ROBERT KNIGHT: Americans push back against welfare tidal wave

Does it seem to you as if America is in a desperate race? Published February 28, 2016

ROBERT KNIGHT: Southern Poverty Law Center’s war on conservatives

What do most Republican presidential candidates have in common with dozens of Christian, pro-family and patriotic organizations? Published February 21, 2016

ROBERT KNIGHT: Embracing the socialist

New Hampshire, whose state motto is "live free or die," was once home to hardy souls like Robert Frost, whose Christian-inspired poems about nature's wonders contain glimpses of eternity. Now the Granite State is the least religious in America. Published February 14, 2016

ROBERT KNIGHT: Keeping a lid on the truth about Socialism

When Sen. Bernie Sanders came within a few coin flips of beating Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses, it signaled the Democratic Party's astounding march toward an outright embrace of socialism. Published February 7, 2016

ROBERT KNIGHT: Martian family values

Holed up during the Blizzard of 2016, I was a grateful recipient of our DVD-collecting neighbor's brand new copy of the Matt Damon film "The Martian." Published January 31, 2016

ROBERT KNIGHT: ACLU tries to mute religious voices

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." Published January 24, 2016

ROBERT KNIGHT: The servile media in Obama’s America

At my very first reporting job, the editor had a banner above the newsroom that quoted humorist Finley Peter Dunne's admonition to newspapers to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." Published January 17, 2016

ROBERT KNIGHT: Kicking God out of school

Glenview Elementary School in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, was already far along the safe road to political correctness. Published January 10, 2016

ROBERT KNIGHT: Stopping the Christian holocaust

When is genocide not genocide? Published January 3, 2016

ROBERT KNIGHT: Setting things right

"Low Prices Fail to Spark Growth," a recent headline in the Wall Street Journal said. Published December 27, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Rahm Emanuel facing insurrection in Chicago

The Clintons and their cronies have an amazing track record for surviving scandal, but it's being tested mightily in Chicago. Published December 20, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Liberalism’s false choices

Are you as tired as I am of false choices? Published December 13, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Waging secular jihad against prayer and guns

It was stunning -- and revealing. Published December 6, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Fighting words over gun control

You mean we're allowed to resist criminals or terrorists? All by ourselves? Published November 29, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Progressive left slams common-sense precautions on Syrian refugees

If, as Franklin Roosevelt said, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," we might have to redefine "fear." Published November 22, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: The folly of stoking campus racialism

Bernard Sanders has joined the campaign to shame U.S. colleges that has taken off in the wake of events at the University of Missouri, where top administrators resigned last week over allegations that they didn't do enough about racist incidents. Published November 15, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: How the media pushes its ‘super story’

Media bias is less about slanted stories than about what's covered — or not. Published November 8, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Restoring the natural family

SALT LAKE CITY -- Riding on the bright, efficient light rail through the downtown, a visitor can feel the vibes of a shifting urban environment, plus some spectacular mountains. It's a little like cruising the wide, clean streets of Disneyland, except that instead of Goofy and Mickey, you might spot a few homeless people here and there. Published November 1, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: What political correctness has wrought

If you're wondering how America and Western Europe went from marriage-centered societies to post-Christian sexual anarchy abetted by massive government growth enforced by brutal political correctness in just a few decades, let's just say it was no accident. Published October 25, 2015