Robert Knight
Columns by Robert Knight
Democrats ready to replace worship of God with worship of the state
Democrats can't seem to figure out whether they want to use the government to drive Christianity underground or just replace the biblical version with fake Christianity. Published August 31, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s worst lie
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has again apologized -- sort of -- for lying about being an American Indian back when it helped advance her academic legal career. Published August 23, 2019
Of cows and men
Are dairy cows dangerous contributors to climate change or victims of toxic masculinity? Published August 16, 2019
Scary lessons from history
According to social media rules, the first person in an argument to bring up Hitler or Nazis loses. Published August 9, 2019
Debate questions that might shed some light
Democratic presidential contenders have 10 more debates to go, starting up again in September. Published August 2, 2019
Hit piece on Yankee Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera shows how the left attacks everything
Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees' nonpareil closing righthand pitcher who helped them win five World Series titles, should be shunned, according to the lefty online journal Daily Beast. Published July 26, 2019
In defiance of science
For years, the left has claimed to be the party of science, while casting religious conservatives as ignorant, superstitious louts. Published July 19, 2019
When cultural Marxists advance their agenda everyone’s freedom suffers
Tyranny can arrive fast in the form of tanks and jackboots. Or it can come gradually, snuffing out liberty and replacing it with fear. Published July 14, 2019
Democrats’ open border strategy is to flood America’s southern border with millions of migrants
So, here's the Democrats' plan: Flood America's southern border with millions of illegal aliens, hook them on government aid and eventually turn them into voters. It can't be more obvious anymore. Published July 7, 2019
How socialism violates all Ten Commandments
With a couple dozen Democratic presidential hopefuls vying to see who's pinker, perhaps it's time to contrast socialism with something more helpful and permanent: The Ten Commandments. Published June 30, 2019
Self-appointed cultural masters want to make a religion out of sameness
The conceit of our age is that we can alter reality at a whim. We're really that smart and powerful. We not only can control the planet's weather, but we can defy God's essential design for life, reflected in nature and cultures trillions of times a day. Published June 23, 2019
Destroying a life in the womb has nothing to do with ‘reproductive health’
We are awash in weasel words, that is, euphemisms meant to distract us from reality. The most obvious ones are replacing homosexuality with "gay," taxes with "revenue," spending with "investments," sexual confusion with "gender identity" and abortion with "choice." Actually, abortion has a whole set of weasel terms. Published June 16, 2019
Washington, D.C., the Democrats who run District push for statehood and a loopy agenda
Here in the Swamp, local Democrats are rattling the cage for statehood. They want to make the 61.4-square-mile District of Columbia the 51st state, right up there with Virginia, Alaska and California. Even the smallest state, Rhode Island, has 1,212 square miles, about half the size of Joe Biden's Delaware. Published June 9, 2019
Since Mueller didn’t explicitly condemn Trump, Democrats are treating it like an indictment
Special counsel Robert Mueller's two-year-long fishing expedition found no evidence of the Trump campaign colluding with Russians. So why is Mr. Mueller now hinting that Mr. Trump is somehow guilty after all? Published June 2, 2019
Rejecting the Marxist version of the Constitution
The first rule of any Marxist revolution is that rules are fine if they advance the cause or cripple opponents. The rules can be discarded the minute they get in the way. Published May 26, 2019
The Equality Act would turn America upside down
Democrats in the House are celebrating Friday's passage of the Equality Act, a misnamed legal jackhammer that would add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to federal civil rights law. Published May 19, 2019
Conservatives punished, censored online for violating political correctness
Brian Sims is having his 15 minutes of fame -- or notoriety, depending on your point of view. Published May 12, 2019
The 22 declared candidates for president lean far to the left
Adults in the Democratic Party, who seem like flustered parents at an out-of-control toddler birthday bash, have been warning about the public's perception of them. Published May 5, 2019
The left’s vision of America is a country that is constantly brawling
Kate Smith, famous for "God Bless America," has become the latest American to be jammed down the memory hole. Published April 28, 2019
Co-opting Jesus Christ for unholy purposes
At Easter, the question is often raised: Who is Jesus? Published April 21, 2019