Robert Knight

In Maine, the weather lets you know who’s boss, and awakens the call of poetry

So, we left springtime behind -- Northern Virginia's 70-degree weather and cherry trees in their full glory -- to drive to Maine, where weather lets you know who's boss. Published April 14, 2019

The Southern Poverty Law Center is ensnared in a scandal that threatens its survival

It appears that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is having a long overdue comeuppance. Published April 7, 2019

How Democrats try to make elections obsolete

With a fraudulent Russian collusion claim no longer in their hip pocket, Democrats are still optimistic about recapturing the White House and the U.S. Senate in 2020. Published March 31, 2019

Threading a way through media madness

Like many right-thinking Americans, I expect "mainstream" media to keep topping themselves in overt bias or absurdity or both. They rarely disappoint. Published March 24, 2019

The ‘cowboy way’ is the latest target of political correctness that replaces grit with wimpery

In 1949, as part of its "Riders in the Sky" promotion, a film studio released Gene Autry's 10-sentence Cowboy Code. Published March 17, 2019

Grateful for spring and other things

The warm winds of spring have begun, at least in the Mid-Atlantic region. Migrating birds and butterflies are fluttering into newly leafy trees and bushes before heading farther North. Published March 10, 2019

Why the Green New Deal should be painted red

People keep talking about how much Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "Green New Deal" would cost. Published March 3, 2019

Bernie Sanders reveals his radical inclinations over and over again

So, it's come to this: One of America's major parties is in the grip of a crazy old communist -- Bernie Sanders, 77 -- and a crazy young communist -- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29. Published February 24, 2019

Misreading the Covington teens in MAGA hats

News reporting is the first draft of history. It needs to be revised when details emerge that give an entirely different picture. Published February 17, 2019

The phoniness of the left is on abundant display

Years ago, like many college students, I flirted with left-wing politics before life delivered enough lessons to set me straight. Published February 10, 2019

A growing record of insanity

To say the left in America has gone off the rails is like saying the Super Bowl is a fairly popular football game. Published February 3, 2019

How tolerance goes out the window when the left takes the reins

Today's Democratic Party is not JFK's Democratic Party. Published January 27, 2019

Some anti-Trump newsrooms have even abandoned the pretense of fairness

Some years ago, a fake edition of the tabloid National Enquirer hit the streets. The problem was that it's nearly impossible to satirize something already over the top. It wasn't funny. Published January 20, 2019

Democrats are in denial about the border crisis

Since the federal shutdown began three weeks ago, the liberal media have presented dozens of Chicken Little stories claiming that the sky is falling. Published January 13, 2019

Why America must not surrender America’s pastime to communist Cuba

Just before Christmas, Major League Baseball (MLB) served up a home run to the Castro regime. Published January 6, 2019

Liberal antagonists opt for socialism and sexual anarchy

From the Boy Scouts to the Knights of Columbus, it's open season on anything that doesn't fit the cracked new world of socialism and sexual anarchy that "progressives" are fashioning for us all. Published December 30, 2018

Angels are sent to protect us and they also perform miracles

For the past few years, my wife and I have had a friendly dispute over how to top our Christmas tree. Published December 23, 2018

America’s culture war now includes paganism, an old foe of civilization

Ross Douthat, a columnist for The New York Times, says the culture war in America may not be so much about secularism or atheism replacing Christianity but the rise of an old Christian foe — paganism. Published December 16, 2018

Suppressing Christianity’s historical importance

Over the past few decades, secularists and leftists have mounted an aggressive effort to suppress Christianity's historical and current importance in America, and place all religions — or no religion — on the same level. Published December 9, 2018