Robert Knight

KNIGHT: An electoral-reform tsunami

Jefferson Davis County in southwest Mississippi has the distinction of being named after Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis. That's good or bad, depending on whether you regard what occurred between 1861 and 1865 as the Civil War or as the War Between the States. Published April 29, 2013

KNIGHT: Earth Day religion

Just as the word "liberal" has given way to the less-tarnished "progressive," it's hard to find "global warming" in environmental groups' materials celebrating April 22 as Earth Day. Published April 22, 2013

KNIGHT: Getting rich by selling hate

While the media cheer the Obama administration and Senate Democrats as they exploit the Newtown, Conn., school massacre to push gun-control laws that would hamper law-abiding citizens, they won't connect some more obvious dots to another shooting. Published April 15, 2013

KNIGHT: The sound of tyranny

In a remarkably short time, Germany recovered smartly from the wreckage of its defeat in World War II to become the economic strongman of Europe. Monuments to the nation's plunge into Nazism remain at Dachau and other death camps as grim reminders of the dangers of an all-powerful state with a messianic leader. Published April 8, 2013

KNIGHT: If no one can win, everyone loses

The last time I was in Ipswich, Mass., I had one of the tastiest plates of fried clams imaginable. They were fresh, full-bellied and cooked perfectly. Try getting something like this outside the Bay State. Published April 1, 2013

KNIGHT: Hope goes out of season in Seattle

During spring renewal, when flowers blossom, grasses begin to green and a billion Christians celebrate a peerless Resurrection that occurred nearly 2,000 years ago, it's a good time to reflect on one of Christendom's most significant contributions to civilization: establishing hospitals. Published March 29, 2013

KNIGHT: Crucial battle in the ‘war on marriage’

Over the past few weeks, the "war on marriage" has turned into a blitzkrieg. Published March 25, 2013

KNIGHT: No room for nuisances in Missouri pews

You can't keep a good theophobe down. Published March 18, 2013

KNIGHT: Last chance to repair Mr. Roberts’ Obamacare error

In 1919, back when the United States was a constitutional republic, Congress passed a child-labor law imposing a 10 percent excise tax on companies that violated it. Published March 11, 2013

KNIGHT: Curing the GOP’s infection

One of Bill Cosby's best-loved routines is "Tonsils." Published March 4, 2013

KNIGHT: Joe Doe loses his fight with the10 Commandments

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has lost its six-year campaign to tear down a Ten Commandments monument at the Dixie County, Florida, courthouse. Published February 25, 2013

KNIGHT: The kidnapping lobby is at it again

What's the real message behind Barack Obama's call in his State of the Union speech for taxpayer-funded "universal" preschool and his trip to a Georgia preschool last Thursday for photo ops? Published February 18, 2013

KNIGHT: A life on the front lines of the culture war

Michael Schwartz, a great man who passed from this earth last weekend at age 63, was an anomaly. Published February 11, 2013

KNIGHT: The Boy Scouts flirtation with dishonor and destruction

Boy Scouts learn to start fires by rubbing two sticks together. Now, the national Scout leadership is playing with fire. Scratch that -- they're playing with explosives. Published February 4, 2013

KNIGHT: The allure of the lie

Lying is no big deal. It's just something that we Americans have to live with. Published January 29, 2013

KNIGHT: Skirmish won in war for religious freedom

In a victory for religious freedom, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) won't be able to make Catholic agencies fund abortions for sex-trafficking victims after all. Published January 25, 2013

KNIGHT: Obama opens a new term with a loud ‘bang’

Leave it to Barack Obama to come into his inaugural weekend with a bang, and not just on guns. He's made it clear that he intends more spending, more regulation, more radical appointees and less national defense in his second term. Published January 21, 2013